Rubroshorea sagittata

Rubroshorea sagittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Rubroshorea
Species:
R. sagittata
Binomial name
Rubroshorea sagittata
(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
Synonyms[2]

Shorea sagittata P.S.Ashton

Rubroshorea sagittata (called, along with some other dipterocarp species, light red meranti) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to western and central Sarawak in northern Borneo. It is an emergent tree growing up to 45 metres tall in lowland and hill mixed dipterocarp forest up to 900 metres elevation.[1]

The species was first described as Shorea sagittata by Peter Shaw Ashton in 1967. In 2022 Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in genus Rubroshorea as R. sagittata.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Julia, S.; Ashton, P.; Bodos, V. (2019). "Shorea sagittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T31928A137452615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T31928A137452615.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Rubroshorea sagittata (P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 February 2026.