Hopea pierrei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
Genus: | Hopea |
Species: | H. pierrei |
Binomial name | |
Hopea pierrei | |
Hopea pierrei is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is an endangered [1] tree found in Cambodia, where it is still relatively abundant in the Cardamom Mountains, [2] but rare in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Cardamom Mountains, or the Krâvanh Mountains, is a mountain range in the south west of Cambodia and Eastern Thailand. The majority of the range is within Cambodia.
Hopea is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The genus was named after John Hope, 1725–1786, the first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. It contains some 113 species, distributed from Sri Lanka and southern India to southern China, and southward throughout Malesia to New Guinea. They are mainly main and subcanopy trees of lowland rainforest, but some species can become also emergent trees, such as Hopea nutans.
Hopea beccariana is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is named for the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.
Hopea celebica is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to Indonesia.
Hopea discolor is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Hopea ferrea is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Cambodia, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Hopea glabra is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India.
Hopea griffithii is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is named for the British doctor and naturalist William Griffith.
Hopea hainanensis is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Hainan Island of China and northern Vietnam.
Hopea helferi is a critically endangered species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Cambodia, the Andaman Islands of India, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.
Hopea kerangasensis is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Hopea malibato is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Hopea montana is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Hopea pedicellata is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet pedicellata, refers to the species' prominent pedicel.
Hopea ponga is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to India. It is also known as kambakam in Malayalam language.
Hopea pubescens is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Hopea sangal is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to tropical Asia.
Hopea utilis is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India.
Hypsibarbus pierrei is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Hypsibarbus native to rivers in Mainland Southeast Asia.
The Cardamom Mountains rain forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in Southeast Asia, as identified by the WWF. The ecoregion covers the Cardamom Mountains and Elephant Mountains and the adjacent coastal lowlands in eastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia, as well as the Vietnamese island of Dao Phu Quoc.