Anisoptera costata

taxobox
status = EN
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Dipterocarpaceae
genus = "Anisoptera"
species = "A. costata"
binomial = "Anisoptera costata"
binomial_authority = Korth.|

"Anisoptera costata" is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. The name "costata" is derived from Latin ("costatus" = ribbed) and describes the prominent venation of the leaf blade. "A. costata" is a huge emergent tree, up to 65 m, found in evergreen and semi-evergreen lowland forets of Indo-Burma and in mixed dipterocarp forests of Malesia. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

ource

* Ashton, P. 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/33166/all "Anisoptera costata"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 August 2007.
* Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In "Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak," Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. and Chung, R.C.K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-59-3