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Stemonoporus moonii Thwaites

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Vatica moonii

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 1979 after 160 years (Kostermans, 1992)

 

Distribution

Kalutara District, Sri Lanka

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Ashton, P. S. (1990). Annotations to: conservation status listings for Dipterocarpaceae.

Ashton, P. S. (1998). Stemonoporus moonii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T33439A9784484. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33439A9784484.en. Downloaded on 07 May 2017.

Atapattu, K. A. M. R. P., Perera, H. D. D. C. K., Kathriarachchi, H. S. and Gunawardena, A. R. (2022). Abundance and spatial distribution analyses of Stemonoporus
moonii Thwaites (Dipterocarpaceae) - a critically endangered species endemic to Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(1): 20426-20432. https://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6970.14.1.20426-20432

CEA. (1994). Walawwe-Wata Waturana Swamp Forest. Wetland site report. Central Environmental Authority, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka. 54 pp.

Dassanayake, M.D. and Fosberg, F.R. (eds) 1980. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Amerind Publishing Company, New Delhi.

Green, M. J. B. and Gunawardena, E. R. N. (compilers.). (1997). Designing an optimum protected areas system for Sri Lanka's natural forests. Prepared by IUCN-The World Conservation Union and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. (unpublished).

Kostermans, A. J. G. H. (1992). A Handbook of the Dipterocarpaceae of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.

Werner, W. L. (1989). Aspects of conservation of endangered plants in Sri Lanka.

Werner, W. L. (1995). Annotations to WCMC printout entitled 'Conservation status listing for Sri Lanka'.

 

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