Horsfieldia ampla

Horsfieldia ampla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Horsfieldia
Species: H. ampla
Binomial name
Horsfieldia ampla
Markgr.[2]

Horsfieldia ampla is a small (4–5 m tall)[3] rare tree with small (4×2 mm) yellow flowers[3] in the Myristicaceae family, known only from its type collection (the original type specimen used to describe it has been lost).[3] It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it is only found in those provinces associated with the Sepik river (East Sepik and Sandaun, together formerly known as Sepik Province), growing in dense humid forest.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 Assessor: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Horsfieldia ampla in IUCN 2012". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  2. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig. lxvii. 148 (1935). "Plant Name Details for Horsfieldia ampla" Check |url= value (help). IPNI. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Flora Malesiana. Series I, Spermatophyta". Biodiversity Heritage Library 14: 84–85. 2000. Retrieved June 24, 2012.

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