Poeciloneuron pauciflorum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

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|image = Poeciloneuron pauciflorum Govindoo.jpg

|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=2017 |title=Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora |volume=2017 |page=e.T31167A120679170 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T31167A120679170.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

|taxon = Poeciloneuron pauciflorum

|authority = Bedd. (1871)

|synonyms = Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora {{small|(Bedd.) S.Rajkumar & Janarth. (2007)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:829223-1 Poeciloneuron pauciflorum Bedd.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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Poeciloneuron pauciflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It was recorded in Travancore and Tirunelveli (now located in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively) in 19th century India. It has not been recorded since.{{Cite web|url=http://www.biotik.org/india/species/a/agaspauc/agaspauc_en.html|title=Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora - CLUSIACEAE}} The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'.Allen J. Coombes {{google books|capqDQYT_VYC&|The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants|page=106}}D. Gledhill {{Google books|NJ6PyhVuecwC|The Names of Plants|page=220}}

Conservation

Mass multiplication using tissue culture is being experimented in a species recovery program by Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University, New Delhi.{{Cite journal |last1=Rajkumar |first1=S. |last2=Janarthanam |first2=M.K. |title=Agasthiyamalaia (Clusiaceae), A New Genus for Poeciloneuron Pauciflorum, an Endemic and Endangered Tree of Western Ghats, India |date=10 August 2007 |url=https://ia802805.us.archive.org/9/items/biostor-157462/biostor-157462.pdf |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |publisher=The Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Inc. |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=129–133 |issn=1934-5259 |jstor=41971401 |url-access=}}

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