Pterophylla affinis
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Pterophylla |
| Species: | P. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophylla affinis | |
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Pterophylla affinis, formerly known as Weinmannia affinis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is native to Fiji, the Samoan Islands, and Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.[2]
In Fiji it is known from the islands of Viti Levu, Ovalau, and Taveuni, where it grows in tropical dry forest from 350 to 1,323 metres elevation.[1]
In the Samoan islands, Pterophylla affinis is a common canopy tree in montane forests on lower mountain slopes, and in cloud forests above 650 metres elevation. It also grows on rocky upland lava flows.[3]
It also grows in Rarotonga's Metrosideros cloud forest, on cloud-shrouded peaks and ridges above 400 metres elevation. Pterophylla affinis is part of a low forest canopy which averages eight meters high, dominated by Metrosideros collina.[4]
References
- 1 2 Tuiwawa, M.; Vido, S.; Naikatini, A.; Navuso, J.; Tubuitamana, P.; Beech, E.; Tuiwawa, S. (2024). "Weinmannia affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T37915A212031597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T37915A212031597.en. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 Pterophylla affinis (A.Gray) Pillon & H.C.Hopkins. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "Samoan tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ↑ "Cook Islands tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.