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Dipterocarpaceae

Index Dipterocarpaceae

Dipterocarpaceae are a family of 16 genera and approximately 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. [1]

66 relations: Aestivation (botany), Africa, Amber, Anisoptera (plant), APG IV system, Arthropod, Borneo, Brunei, Carl Ludwig Blume, Cistaceae, Cotylelobium, Dipterocarp timber classification, Dipterocarpaceae, Dipterocarpus, Dryobalanops, Endangered species, Eocene, Essential oil, Family (biology), Forest, Forestry, Genus, Gondwana, Greek language, Gujarat, Hopea, Hopea ponga, Illegal logging, India, Indian Plate, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marquesia, Miocene, Monotes, Monotoideae, Neobalanocarpus, New Guinea, Oligocene, Pakaraimoideae, Pantropical, Parashorea, Peravoor, Plywood, Pseudomonotes, Rainforest, Resin, Sabah, Sarawak, ..., Sarcolaenaceae, Seychelles, Shorea, Shorea faguetiana, South America, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Stemonoporus, The Guianas, Tree, Tropics, Upuna borneensis, Vateria, Vateriopsis, Vatica, Wiley-Blackwell. Expand index (16 more) »

Aestivation (botany)

Aestivation or estivation refers to the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin, which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times.

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Anisoptera (plant)

Anisoptera is a genus of plants in the Dipterocarpaceae family.

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APG IV system

The APG IV system of flowering plant classification is the fourth version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy for flowering plants (angiosperms) being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG).

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Borneo

Borneo (Pulau Borneo) is the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.

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Brunei

Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

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Carl Ludwig Blume

Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796, Braunschweig – 3 February 1862, Leiden) was a German-Dutch botanist.

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Cistaceae

The Cistaceae are a small family of plants (rock-rose or rock rose family) known for their beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom.

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Cotylelobium

Cotylelobium is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Dipterocarp timber classification

The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour.

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Dipterocarpaceae

Dipterocarpaceae are a family of 16 genera and approximately 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees.

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Dipterocarpus

Dipterocarpus is a genus of flowering plants and the type genus of family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Dryobalanops

Dryobalanops is a genus of flowering plants and the genus of family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Essential oil

An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile (defined as "the tendency of a substance to vaporize") aroma compounds from plants.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Forestry

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human and environment benefits.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gondwana

Gondwana, or Gondwanaland, was a supercontinent that existed from the Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) until the Carboniferous (about 320 million years ago).

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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Hopea

Hopea is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Hopea ponga

Hopea ponga is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family.

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Illegal logging

Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Plate

The Indian Plate or India Plate is a major tectonic plate straddling the equator in the eastern hemisphere.

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Indochina

Indochina, originally Indo-China, is a geographical term originating in the early nineteenth century and referring to the continental portion of the region now known as Southeast Asia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Marquesia

Marquesia is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Monotes

Monotes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Monotoideae

Monotoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Dipterocarpaceae, with 3 genera and 30 species.

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Neobalanocarpus

Neobalanocarpus is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Pakaraimoideae

Pakaraimoideae is a subfamily of Cistaceae family of flowering plants with just one genus and a single species Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea, from Guyana, and Venezuela in South America.

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Pantropical

A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers tropical regions of both hemispheres.

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Parashorea

Parashorea is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Peravoor

Peravoor is a historical city in Kannur district of Kerala state in India.

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Plywood

Plywood is a sheet material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another.

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Pseudomonotes

Pseudomonotes is a monotypic genus of plants in family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with annual rainfall in the case of tropical rainforests between, and definitions varying by region for temperate rainforests.

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Resin

In polymer chemistry and materials science, resin is a "solid or highly viscous substance" of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers.

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Sabah

Sabah is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo Island.

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Sarawak

Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.

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Sarcolaenaceae

The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar.

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Seychelles

Seychelles (French), officially the Republic of Seychelles (République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an archipelago and sovereign state in the Indian Ocean.

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Shorea

Shorea is a genus of about 196 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Shorea faguetiana

Shorea faguetiana (also called Yellow Meranti) is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Stemonoporus

Stemonoporus is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae.

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The Guianas

The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word Guayanas (Las Guayanas), are a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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Tropics

The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Upuna borneensis

Upuna is a monotypic genus of plants containing the single species Upuna borneensis.

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Vateria

Vateria is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Vateriopsis

Vateriopsis seychellarum is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Vatica

Vatica is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Wiley-Blackwell

Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipterocarpaceae

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