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Stemonoporus gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known from a single population growing in evergreen lowland rain forest along a tributary stream of the Kelani River near Kitulgala region. The species is threatened by timber overharvesting and habitat loss from deforestation for agricultural expansion. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as critically endangered.
The species was first described by André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans in 1980.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stemonoporus gracilis 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.
