Macropanax maingayi

Macropanax maingayi is a tree in the family Araliaceae.

Macropanax maingayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Macropanax
Species:
M. maingayi
Binomial name
Macropanax maingayi
(C.B.Clarke) Philipson[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hederopsis maingayi C.B.Clarke
  • Arthrophyllum trifoliatum Ridl.
  • Hederopsis major Ridl.

It was first described from Malacca as Hederopsis maingayi in 1879.[3] William Raymond Philipson moved it to the genus Macropanax in 1979.[1] It is native to a wide area of SE Asia, including Sumatra in Indonesia to Vietnam.[2]

Somehow this species was added under the old synonym Hederopsis maingayi in the 1990 book Endemic trees of the Malay Peninsula by the Forestry Department of Malaysia, with the author stating it was only found in Peninsular Malaysia. Due to this mistake the IUCN claimed in 1998 it was an endemic "threatened species", claiming urban development and logging were causing its population to decline.[4]

References
  1. "Macropanax maingayi". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. "Macropanax maingayi (C.B.Clarke) Philipson". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Hederopsis maingayi". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. Chua, L.S.L. (1998). "Hederopsis maingayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T36303A9992260. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36303A9992260.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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