Anomostachys

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Anomostachys
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Anomostachys
(Baill.) Hurus.
Species:
A. lastellei
Binomial name
Anomostachys lastellei
(Müll.Arg.) Kruijt
Synonyms [2]
  • Excoecaria lastelleiMüll.Arg.
  • Stillingia lastelleiBaill.
  • Sapium gymnogyneLeandri
  • Sapium lozienseLeandri
  • Sapium perrieriLeandri

Anomostachys is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1951. [3] [4] It contains one known species, Anomostachys lastellei, endemic to Madagascar. [2] [5]

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Description

Anomostachys lastellei is a tree which grows up to 20 meters high. [1]

Range and habitat

Anomostachys lastellei is native to Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Toamasina, Toliara and Mahajanga provinces of eastern Madagascar. [1]

It inhabits the humid lowland forests and mid-elevation montane forests from 80 to 1,150 meters elevation. It is found in primary forests and degraded vegetation, on humus, sandy, rocky, or quartzitic soils. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Razanajatovo, H. (2020). "Anomostachys lastellei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T137506066A137899398. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T137506066A137899398.en . Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Hurusawa, Isao. 1954. Journal of the Faculty of Science: University of Tokyo, Section 3, Botany 6: 311
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Anomostachys Hurus.
  5. ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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