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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Pterophylla |
| Species: | P. samoensis
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| Pterophylla samoensis | |
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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
edit- ^ a b c Pterophylla samoensis (A.Gray) Pillon & H.C.Hopkins Plants of the World Online. Accessed 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Samoan tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Cook Islands tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.