Pterophylla samoensis

Pterophylla samoensis, formerly known as Weinmannia samoensis, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a tree native to the Samoan Islands and to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.[1]

Pterophylla samoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Pterophylla
Species:
P. samoensis
Binomial name
Pterophylla samoensis
(A.Gray) Pillon & H.C.Hopkins[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Weinmannia manuana Christoph.
  • Weinmannia rarotongensis Hemsl.
  • Weinmannia samoensis A.Gray
  • Windmannia samoensis (A.Gray) Kuntze

In the Samoan islands, Pterophylla samoensis is a common canopy tree in montane forests on lower mountain slopes, and in cloud forests above 650 metres elevation. It also grows on rocky upland lava flows.[2]

It also grows in Rarotonga's Metrosideros cloud forest, on cloud-shrouded peaks and ridges above 400 metres elevation. Pterophylla samoensis is part of a low forest canopy which averages eight meters high, dominated by Metrosideros collina.[3]

References
  1. Pterophylla samoensis (A.Gray) Pillon & H.C.Hopkins Plants of the World Online. Accessed 15 April 2023.
  2. "Samoan tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. "Cook Islands tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
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