Dipterocarpaceae - Wikipedia
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants with 22 genera [3] and about 695 known species [4] of mainly lowland tropical forest trees.
Predicting dispersal of auto‐gyrating fruit in tropical trees: a …
2015年4月2日 · We explored experimentally how the ratio of fruit wing area to mass (“inverse wing loading,” IWL) explains variation in seed dispersal kernels among 13 dipterocarp species by releasing fruit from a canopy tower. Horizontal seed dispersal distances increased with IWL, especially at high wind speeds.
Dipterocarpus - Wikipedia
It is an important component of dipterocarp forests. Its generic name comes from Greek and means "two-winged fruits". The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpus species occurs on Borneo, with many endemic to the island. The oldest fossil of the genus, and Dipterocarpaceae, is from the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Intertrappean Beds of India.
Southeast Asian Dipterocarp origin and diversification driven
2022年1月27日 · Here, we present fossil pollen data from the family Dipterocarpaceae that suggest their African origin during the mid-Cretaceous and subsequent dispersal to Southeast Asia.
Dipterocarpaceae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
A period or year in which a heavy crop of fruits/seeds is synchronously produced by trees and shrubs: This phenomenon, uniquely characterized by synchronicity, high variability, and periodicity of heavy fruit production, distinguishes it from nonmasting plants.
Dipterocarpus - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Most dipterocarps are easily recognized by their cauliflower-shaped crown. The winged fruits also look very characteristically, actually the translation of dipterocarp is ‘two-winged fruit’ (Fig. 16.12). FIGURE 16.12. Selection of dipterocarp fruits. After flowering, some or all sepals enlarge in the mature fruit, becoming wing-like.
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2016年6月26日 · Dipterocarp trees are distinctive in their combination of ectomycorrhizal associations, tall architecture, seed dispersal by wind and mast fruiting (Ghazoul, 2016). Essentially, Asian tropical ...
(PDF) The ecology of the Asian dipterocarps - ResearchGate
2017年2月28日 · Key stages of the dipterocarp life cycle (inner circle) and the linkages with fundamental environmental processes (symbols on outer circle) that are discussed in this special issue.
Fruit dispersal of two dipterocarp species in a Malaysian rain forest
2001年11月27日 · Seed dispersal is the predominant mobile stage for sessile plants, and critically affects the distribution patterns of the species (Nathan & Muller-Landau 2000). Thus, seed dispersal patterns are important in understanding the population dynamics of the species.
A review of dipterocarps: taxonomy, ecology and silviculture
Dipterocarps are one of the best known and commercially important groups of tropical trees. They preside over some of the most magnificent forest formations in the world. Exploitation of dipterocarp-dominated tropical rain forests has expanded rapidly in the past 20 years.