Vateriopsis seychellarum
Encyclopedia
Vateriopsis seychellarum is a species of plant
in the Dipterocarpaceae
family. It is endemic to Seychelles
. It is threatened by climate change.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 17 genera and approximately 500 species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus Dipterocarpus, is derived from Greek and refers to the two-winged fruit...
family. It is endemic to Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
. It is threatened by climate change.
Source
- Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles 1998. Vateriopsis seychellarum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.