Glyptopetalum palawanense
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Glyptopetalum palawanense is a species of plant
in the Celastraceae
(staff vine or bittersweet) family. It is found in Malaysia and the Philippines
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Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Celastraceae
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae , is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales...
(staff vine or bittersweet) family. It is found in Malaysia and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Glyptopetalum palawanense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.