Lophopetalum tanahgambut
| Lophopetalum tanahgambut | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Lophopetalum |
| Species: | L. tanahgambut
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophopetalum tanahgambut Randi, Utteridge & Wijedasa[1]
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Lophopetalum tanahgambut is a recently discovered species of rainforest tree in the family Celastraceae.[2] It is endemic to the peat swamp forests of Sumatra. It was described in 2022 by Agusti Randi and colleagues.[1] The major roots can ascend vertically as much as 1.5 metres (5 ft) then bend down like bent human knees to re-enter the earth. The leaves are in terminal clusters of 3 or 4 in false whorls described as "pseudoverticillate".[1]
References
- ^ a b c Randi, Agusti; Wijedasa, Lahiru S.; Utteridge, Timothy M. A. (17 November 2022). "Lophopetalum tanahgambut, a new endemic giant tree species from peat swamp forest of Sumatera, Indonesia, with the first pseudoverticillate leaf arrangement in genus Lophopetalum (Celastraceae)". Phytotaxa. 573 (1): 115–122. Bibcode:2022Phytx.573..115R. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.573.1.7.
- ^ "Lophopetalum tanahgambut Randi, Utteridge & Wijedasa". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 October 2025.