Lophopetalum tanahgambut

Lophopetalum tanahgambut
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Lophopetalum
Species:
L. tanahgambut
Binomial name
Lophopetalum tanahgambut
Randi, Utteridge & Wijedasa

Lophopetalum tanahgambut is a recently discovered species of rainforest tree in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to the peat swamp forests of Sumatra. It was described on 17 November 2022 by Agusti Randi et al.[1] The major roots can ascend vertically as much as 1.5 metres (5 ft) then bend down like bent human knees to re-enter the earth. The leaves are in terminal clusters of 3 or 4 in false whorls described as "pseudoverticillate".

References

  1. ^ Randi, Agusti; Wijedasa, Lahiru S.; Utteridge, Timothy M. A. (17 November 2022). "Lophopetalum tanahgambut, a new endemic giant tree species from peat swamp forest of Sumatera, Indonesia, with the first pseudoverticillate leaf arrangement in genus Lophopetalum (Celastraceae)". Phytotaxa. 573 (1). doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.573.1.7.
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