Hexapora curtisii Hook. f. (1886:189)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Micropora curtisii (Hook.f.) Hook.f. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1547 (1886)
The genus is monotypic (POWO, 2025).
Conservation Status
Missing (WCMC, 1998)
Last record: 1901 (de Kok, 2022)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Regarded as possibly Extinct by (WCMC, 1998), but the species may simply be under collected (de Kok, 2022). However, a field trip in May 2015 did not locate it (Ibid.).
Distribution & Habitat
Penang Hill, Malaysia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Chua, L. et al. (1997). Completed data collection forms for endemic trees of Peninsular Malaysia.
de Kok, R. P. J. (2016). Notes on the monotypic genus Hexapora (Lauraceae), endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 68(2): 201-208.
de Kok, R. P. J. (2022). Hexapora curtisii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T36359A138506678. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T36359A138506678.en. Accessed on 21 July 2025.
Ng, F. S. P., Low, C. M. and Sanah, M. A. N. (1990). Endemic trees of the Malay Peninsula. Forestry Department, Kuala Lumpur.
Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 21 July 2025]
Turner, I. M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1998). Hexapora curtisii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T36359A9996366. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36359A9996366.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2017.