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|status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Mwangoka, M. |author2=Ndangalasi, H. |author3=Kindeketa, W. |author4=Luke, W.R.Q. |author5=Kabuye, C. |author6=Kalema, J. |author7=Minani, V. |author8=Kelbessa, E. |author9=Gereau, R.E. |author10=Malombe, I. |year=2022 |title=''Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis'' |volume=2022 |page=e.T32875A2826082 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T32875A2826082.en |access-date=26 November 2023}}</ref>
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|genus = Platypterocarpus
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|parent_authority = Dunkley & Brenan (1948)
| ordo = [[Celastrales]]
|species = tanganyikensis
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|authority = Dunkley & Brenan (1948)
| genus = '''''Platypterocarpus'''''
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'''''Platypterocarpus''''' is a genus of [[plant]] in family [[Celastraceae]]. It contains a single species, ''[[Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis]]'' (Dunkley & Brenan).
'''''Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis''''' is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Celastraceae]]. It is a tree endemic [[Endemism|endemic]] to the West [[Usambara Mountains]] of [[Tanzania]], where it grows 13 to 27 meters tall. It is the sole species in genus '''''Platypterocarpus'''''.<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162364-1 ''Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis'' Dunkley & Brenan]. ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 26 November 2023.</ref>
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It grows in the transition zone between wet and dry [[Afromontane]] forest from 1500 to 1900 meters elevation, where it is fairly common in ''Podocarpus–Juniperus–Ocotea'' forest on grey sandy soil.<ref name = powo/>

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[[Category:Celastraceae]]
[[Category:Celastraceae]]
[[Category:Afromontane]]
[[Category:Monotypic Celastrales genera]]
[[Category:Afromontane flora]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Tanzania]]
[[Category:Flora of the Eastern Arc forests]]
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Platypterocarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Platypterocarpus
Dunkley & Brenan (1948)
Species:
P. tanganyikensis
Binomial name
Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis
Dunkley & Brenan (1948)

Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic endemic to the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, where it grows 13 to 27 meters tall. It is the sole species in genus Platypterocarpus.[2]

It grows in the transition zone between wet and dry Afromontane forest from 1500 to 1900 meters elevation, where it is fairly common in Podocarpus–Juniperus–Ocotea forest on grey sandy soil.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mwangoka, M.; Ndangalasi, H.; Kindeketa, W.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Kalema, J.; Minani, V.; Kelbessa, E.; Gereau, R.E.; Malombe, I. (2022). "Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T32875A2826082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T32875A2826082.en. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis Dunkley & Brenan. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 November 2023.