Richetia faguetiana
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| A Richetia faguetiana specimen photographed in Tawau, Sabah, 2013. At 88.32 m, it was billed as the tallest tropical tree in the world, until the discovery of an even taller R. faguetiana, dubbed Menara, in August 2018. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Richetia |
| Species: | R. faguetiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Richetia faguetiana (F.Heim.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck. (2022)
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Richetia faguetiana is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Along with other species in the genus Richetia, it is also known as the yellow meranti. It is native to Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and Thailand.[1] It is the tallest flowering plant, and third tallest living tree species, after the sequoia and Himalayan cypress, with the largest specimen measuring 100.7 m (330 ft) in height.[3]
Height
[edit]The tallest specimen, named "Menara", was measured in 2019.[4][5][6] The tree's height was measured from the top of the crown to the lowest part of the buttress,[3] giving an averaged measurement of 97.58 m.[7]
An almost equally tall R. faguetiana, 96.9 m (318 ft), was found in 2018 in the Tawau Hills National Park, Sabah, some 24 km (15 mi) from Tawau and about 9.5 km (5.9 mi) from the park’s main station.[8][9]
In 2016, the then tallest tropical tree, known as "Lahad Datu", was found at the Danum Valley Conservation Area. It was measured as an average of tape drops to be 93.0 m (305.1 ft) tall and its canopy was 40.3 m (132 ft) in diameter.[10][11][12]
Also in 2016, a Richetia faguetiana tree 89.5 m (294 ft) tall was found in the Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Sabah.[13][14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Pooma, R.; Newman, M.F.; Barstow, M. (2017). "Shorea faguetiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T33275A2835825. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T33275A2835825.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Richetia faguetiana (F.Heim) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ a b Shenkin, Alexander; Chandler, Christopher; Boyd, Doreen; Jackson, Tobias; bin Jami, Jamiluddin; Disney, Mathias; Majalap, Noreen; Nilus, Reuben; Foody, Giles; Reynolds, Glen; Wilkes, Phil; Cutler, Mark; M. Van Der Heijden, Geertje; Burslem1, David; Coomes, David; Patrick Bentley, Lisa; Malhi, Yadvinder (2019). "The World's Tallest Tropical Tree in Three Dimensions". Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 2: 32. Bibcode:2019FrFGC...2...32S. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2019.00032. hdl:2164/12435. ISSN 2624-893X.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ nationalgeographic.com, The world's tallest known tropical tree has been found—and climbed, By Mary Gagen, April 3, 2019
- ^ livescience.com / The World's Tallest Tropical Tree Is Longer Than a Football Field, By Laura Geggel, Associate Editor, April 6, 2019,
- ^ nst.com.my, UK scientists find world's first 100m tall tropical tree in Danum Valley, By Olivia Miwil - April 4, 2019
- ^ "World Rucker - Page 5 - Native Tree Society BBS".
- ^ dailyexpress.com.my / World's new tallest tree in Tawau Hills Park, Sunday, July 15, 2018
- ^ star2.com / Where the wild things are in the east coast of Sabah Archived 2018-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, November 21, 2018 Malaysia, Travel, By MELODY L. GOH
- ^ "World's tallest tropical tree in Danum Valley". 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
- ^ Taylor, M.W. "Tallest Tropical Tree Climbed. It's over 300'". Retrieved 2017-03-14.
The 93m figure is from the averaged ground level. 95.2 low side and 90.8 high side measurements from a climber deployed tape line.
- ^ mongabay.com, World’s tallest tropical tree discovered, along with nearly 50 other record-breakers, by Mike Gaworecki on 10 November 2016
- ^ cam.ac.uk / Minecraft tree "probably" the tallest tree in the Tropics, 08 Jun 2016
- ^ mongabay.com / Tropics’ tallest tree found in Malaysia, 12 June 2016