Elaeocarpus floridanus
Appearance
Elaeocarpus floridanus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
Genus: | Elaeocarpus |
Species: | E. floridanus
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Binomial name | |
Elaeocarpus floridanus | |
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Elaeocarpus floridanus is a species of plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is a tree native to the South Pacific, from the Bismarck Archipelago to the Cook and Tubuai islands of the southwestern Pacific.[2]
Description
[edit]Elaeocarpus floridanus is an evergreen tree, growing up to 20 metres (66 ft) tall.[1]
Range and habitat
[edit]Elaeocarpus floridanus ranges from the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea through the Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Tonga, Niue, Samoan Islands, and Cook Islands to the Tubuai Islands of French Polynesia.[1][2]
It grows in lowland and montane rain forests.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d Jimbo, T. (2021). "Elaeocarpus floridanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T175714766A197049458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T175714766A197049458.en. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d Elaeocarpus floridanus Hemsl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Elaeocarpus
- Flora of the Bismarck Archipelago
- Flora of the Cook Islands
- Flora of Fiji
- Flora of Niue
- Flora of Samoa
- Flora of the Santa Cruz Islands
- Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago)
- Flora of Tonga
- Flora of the Tubuai Islands
- Flora of Vanuatu
- Flora of Wallis and Futuna
- Plants described in 1896
- Taxa named by William Hemsley (botanist)