Anisoptera costata
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:	Anisoptera
Species:	A. costata
Binomial name
Anisoptera costata Korth.

Anisoptera costata is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. The name costata is derived from Latin (costatus = ribbed) and describes the prominent venation of the leaf blade. A. costata is a huge emergent tree, up to 65 m, found in evergreen and semi-evergreen lowland forets of Indo-Burma and in mixed dipterocarp forests of Malesia. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

[edit] References

• Ashton, P. 1998. Anisoptera costata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.
• Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. and Chung, R.C.K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-59-3

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