A Shorea faguetiana specimen photographed in Tawau, Sabah, 2013. At 88.32 m, it was billed as the tallest tropical tree in the world, until the discovery of an even taller S. faguetiana, dubbed Menara, in August 2018.
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:
Shorea
Species:
S. faguetiana
Binomial name
Shorea faguetiana
Heim.
Shorea faguetiana is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Along with other species in the genus Shorea, it is also known as the Yellow Meranti. It is native to Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and Thailand.[1] It is the tallest flowering plant, and third tallest living tree species, after the sequoia and Himalayan cypress, with the largest specimen measuring 100.7 m (330 ft) in height.[2]
^ abPooma, R.; Newman, M.F.; Barstow, M. (2017). "Shorea faguetiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T33275A2835825. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T33275A2835825.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^Shenkin, Alexander; Chandler, Christopher; Boyd, Doreen; Jackson, Tobias; bin Jami, Jamiluddin; Disney, Mathias; Majalap, Noreen; Nilus, Reuben; Foody, Giles; Reynolds, Glen; Wilkes, Phil; Cutler, Mark; M. Van Der Heijden, Geertje; Burslem1, David; Coomes, David; Patrick Bentley, Lisa; Malhi, Yadvinder (2019). "The World's Tallest Tropical Tree in Three Dimensions". Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 2: 32. Bibcode:2019FrFGC...2...32S. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2019.00032. hdl:2164/12435. ISSN 2624-893X.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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