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Pterophylla vescoi, formerly known as Weinmannia vescoi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a tree native to the island of Raiatea and possibly Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
Pterophylla vescoi grows on the island of Raiatea. It is locally abundant on the plateaus of Temehani Rahi and Temehani Ute Ute between 355 and 740 meters elevation. It grows with trees of Metrosideros, Astronidium, and Alstonia and the endemic shrub Sclerotheca raiateensis, with an herb layer composed mostly of sedges (Cyperaceae) including Gahnia schoenoides and Machaerina bidwellii. The species has been reported from Tahiti, but the collections may have been mislabeled.
Weinmannia · Pterophylla aphanoneura · Pterophylla clemensiae · Pterophylla comorensis · Pterophylla exigua · Pterophylla fraxinea · Pterophylla marquesana · Pterophylla ouaiemensis · Pterophylla parviflora · Pterophylla racemosa · Pterophylla raiateensis · Pterophylla rapensis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pterophylla vescoi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
