Anomostachys

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Razanajatovo, H. |year=2020 |title=Anomostachys lastellei |volume=2020 |page=e.T137506066A137899398 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T137506066A137899398.en |access-date=11 September 2022}}

|genus = Anomostachys

|parent_authority = (Baill.) Hurus.

|species = lastellei

|authority = (Müll.Arg.) Kruijt

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=10289 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms = * Excoecaria lastellei Müll.Arg.

  • Stillingia lastellei Baill.
  • Sapium gymnogyne Leandri
  • Sapium loziense Leandri
  • Sapium perrieri Leandri

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Anomostachys is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1951.Hurusawa, Isao. 1954. Journal of the Faculty of Science: University of Tokyo, Section 3, Botany 6: 311[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40015689 Tropicos, Anomostachys Hurus.] It contains one known species, Anomostachys lastellei, endemic to Madagascar.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Description

Anomostachys lastellei is a tree which grows up to 20 meters high.

Range and habitat

Anomostachys lastellei is native to Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Toamasina, Toliara and Mahajanga provinces of eastern Madagascar.

It inhabits the humid lowland forests and mid-elevation montane forests from 80 to 1,150 meters elevation. It is found in primary forests and degraded vegetation, on humus, sandy, rocky, or quartzitic soils.

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