Aporosa fusiformis: Difference between revisions

Aporosa fusiformis
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Aporusa
Species:	A. fusiformis
Binomial name
	Aporusa fusiformis; Thwaites
Synonyms
	Aporosa fusiformis Thw.

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Aporusa fusiformis is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

broadly oval to rotund, acute to rounded base, rounded apex, margins often revolute, thick, coriaceous; flush purple.

Bark - brown; twigs stout.

yellowish; Inflorescence - spikes; trees dioecious.

short nearly sessile clusters, spindle-shaped, capped with persistent stigma.

montane forest subcanopy.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Aporusa fusiformis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.

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 |binomial = ''Aporusa fusiformis''
 |binomial_authority = Thwaites
-|synonyms = ''Aporosa fusiformis'' Thwaites [orthographic error]
+|synonyms = ''Aporosa fusiformis'' [[George Henry Kendrick Thwaites|Thw.]]
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 '''''Aporusa fusiformis''''' is a species of [[plant]] in the [[Phyllanthaceae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Sri Lanka]].
+==Leaves==
+broadly oval to rotund, acute to rounded base, rounded apex, margins often revolute, thick, coriaceous; flush purple.
+==Trunk==
+Bark - brown; twigs stout.
+==Flowers==
+yellowish; Inflorescence - spikes; trees dioecious.
+==Fruits==
+short nearly sessile clusters, spindle-shaped, capped with persistent stigma.
+==Ecology==
+montane forest subcanopy.
 ==Source==
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 [[Category:Aporusa|fusiformis]]
 [[Category:Critically endangered plants]]
+[[Category:Endemic flora of Sri Lanka]]
 {{Phyllanthaceae-stub}}