Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: Moist forest .[1]
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Apiales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Genus:
Gastonia
()
- Specific epithet:
sechellarum
- F.Friedmann
- Variety:
contracta
- Botanical name: - Gastonia sechellarum var. contracta F.Friedmann
- Variety:
contracta
- Specific epithet:
sechellarum
- F.Friedmann
- Genus:
Gastonia
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Apiales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Gastonia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
G. burgei · G. crassa · G. cutispongia · G. duplicata · G. elegans (Bois Boeuf) · G. emimensis · G. lionnetii · G. mauritiana · G. naluga · G. nalugu · G. rodriguesiana · G. sechellarum · G. sechellarum var. contracta · G. sechellarum var. curiosae · G. sechellarum var. sechellarum · G. serratifolia · G. spectabilis
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Further Reading
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- Friedmann, F. 1991. The threatened plants of the flora of the Seychelles and their conservation. In: V.H. Heywood and P.S. Wyse Jackson (eds) Tropical botanic gardens. Their role in conservation and development, pp.193-208. Academic Press Inc, San Diego.
- Murugaiyan, P. 1997. Completed data collection forms for tree species of the Seychelles.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Carlstrom, A. 1998. Gastonia sechellarum var. contracta. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Carlstrom, A. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-88625
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14301809
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:949445-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 949445-1
- IUCN ID: 34269
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1022106
Footnotes
- Carlstrom, A. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
