Shorea smithiana (called, along with some other species in the genus Shorea, light red meranti)[1] is a large emergent rainforest tree species in the Dipterocarpaceae. Shorea smithianaisendemictoBorneo.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] The tallest measured specimen is 82.3 m tall in the Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah, Borneo.[3]
Shorea smithiana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
Genus: | Shorea |
Species: |
S. smithiana
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Binomial name | |
Shorea smithiana |
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