Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 485 meters (0 to 1,591 feet).[1]
Ecology: This small tree occurs in lowland rainforest, coastal rainforest and complex mesophyll forest .[2].
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
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)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
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)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
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)
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
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)
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
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- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
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- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
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)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
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)
- Dumortier, 1829
- Suborder:
Meliineae
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- Family:
Meliaceae
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- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Melioideae
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- Subfamily:
Melioideae
(
- Family:
Meliaceae
(
- Suborder:
Meliineae
(
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Pannell Publication : Taxon . Monog. Gen. Aglaia (Kew Bull . Addit. Ser., 16) 63 (1992) 1992
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aglaia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. cucullata (Pacific Maple) · A. odorata (Chinese Perfume Plant)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Pannell, C. 1997. Comments regarding the threat status of Aglaia trees.
- Pannell, C.M. 1992. A taxonomic monograph of the genus Aglaia Lour. (Meliaceae). London, HMSO:1-379.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Pannell, C.M. 1998. Aglaia australiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University Herbaria
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5981443
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15621162
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:968383-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 968383-1
- IUCN ID: 189310
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1023952
Footnotes
- Mean = 385.000 meters (1,263.123 feet), Standard Deviation = 223.610 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Pannell, C.M. 1998. Aglaia australiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
