Bristly Allophylus (Allophylus hispidus)
The Bristly Allophylus, described in 1885, was found in only a single location in the Sinharaja Biosphere Reserve in south-west Sri Lanka.
“A small tree branches hispid, leaves simple 5-14 inches long by 2-5 inches broad, lanceolate acuminate rounded at the base or slightly narrowed, glabrous but hispid at the margin and on the costa and primary veins on both sides, petiole 3/4-2 inches long, racemes very short, flowers crowded, petals unguiculate, scales furnished with long villous hairs.” [1]
The species has not been recorded in recent surveys and is believed to be possibly extinct.
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syn. Schmidelia hispida Thwaites
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References:
[1] R. H. Beddome; George Bentham: The flora sylvatica for southern India: containing quarto plates of all the principal timber trees in southern India and Ceylon, accompanied by a botanical manual, with descriptions of every known tree and shrub, and analysis of every genus not figured in the plates. Madras, printed by Gantz Brothers 1869-73
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edited: 16.02.2024