Diplodiscus paniculatus
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Diplodiscus paniculatus is a species of flowering plant
in the Malvaceae
sensu lato or Tiliaceae
family.
It is found only in the Philippines
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
sensu lato or Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae is a botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family is not part of APG II, but it is found all through the botanical literature and remains prominently listed by nomenclatural databases such as IPNI....
family.
It is found only in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Diplodiscus paniculatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.