Aglaia leucoclada

Aglaia leucoclada
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Genus:	Aglaia
Species:	A. leucoclada
Binomial name
Aglaia leucoclada C.DC. [2] [3]

Aglaia leucoclada is an understorey tree in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. ^[1]

The main threat to this species is the destruction of its habitat. ^[1]

The specific epithet, leucoclada, derives from two Greek words: leucos (white) and clados (shoot/sprout) which were combined to give leucocladus, - a, -um, describing the plant as having white shoots. ^[4]

References

1. Mandawali, J. (2021). "Aglaia leucoclada". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T36624A185826445. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T36624A185826445.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. "Aglaia leucoclada". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
3. Candolle, A.C.P. de (1903) Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier Ser. II. iii. 172
4. Backer, C.A. (1936) Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië in het wild groeiende en in tuinen en parken gekweekte varens en hoogere planten (Edition Nicoline van der Sijs). (Explanatory dictionary of the scientific names of .. plants grown in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies...)