Aquilaria rostrata

Aquilaria rostrata
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Aquilaria
Species:	A. rostrata
Binomial name
	Aquilaria rostrata; Ridley

Aquilaria rostrata is a species of plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is sometimes used for agarwood,^[1] but unsustainable harvesting is believed to be threatening agarwood-producing species and therefore is discouraged by environmental groups.^[2]

References

World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Aquilaria rostrata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.

^ Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 33:Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII. Y. P.S. Bajaj. Springer, 1999.
^ Burfield , Tony. " Threatened & Vulnerable Aromatic Species:." January 2005.http://www.cropwatch.org/cropwatch7.htm Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (accessed August 25, 2007).

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[1] Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 33:Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII. Y. P.S. Bajaj. Springer, 1999.

[2] Burfield , Tony. " Threatened & Vulnerable Aromatic Species:." January 2005.http://www.cropwatch.org/cropwatch7.htm Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (accessed August 25, 2007).

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