Dipterocarpus dyeri

Dipterocarpus dyeri
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:	Dipterocarpus
Species:	D. dyeri
Binomial name
Dipterocarpus dyeri Pierre

Dipterocarpus dyeri (Khmer: rôyiëng, chhë tiël pruhs, chhë tiël th'nô:r,^[1] local name Kompong Thom: chhieutiel chgor,^[2] name used for commercial timber and the group of trees harvested for such: keruing, Vietnamese: dau song nang,^[3] is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae found in Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Perlis), Cambodia and Vietnam.^[4][5] The tree is found in lowland semi-evergreen dipterocarp forests and Schima/bamboo forests,^[4] an alternative habitat description is mixed dense forests of the plains, mainly among rivers and valleys.^[1] The tree is a climax or late successional species, which in some secondary forests forms relatively young pure colonies^[6] . The conservation status is based on rates of habitat loss, the major threat to the taxa,^[4] though in Vietnam it is cited as having a less threatened conservation status of Vulnerable.^[3]

In Cambodia the wood is classified as of the 2nd best category, and is in great demand for house and boat construction.^[1]

The following insects are associated with and predate on the seed of D. costatus: Alcidodes, particularly Alcidodes crassus (Pascoe, 1882), Pempelia, Salebria, Dichocrocis, Andrioplecta pulverula Meyrick, and Andrioplecta shoreae Komai^[7]

Bibliography

Ashton, P.S., 1990, Annotations to: conservation status listings for Dipterocarpaceae

Aubréville, A. et al., eds., 1960–, Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam,

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 1985, Dipterocarps of South Asia, FAO, Bangkok

Lanessan, Jean Marie Antoine de, 1886, Pl. util. colon. franç: 297

Loc, P.K., 1992, Annotations to: Conservation status listing for Philippines dated 6 April 1992

Oldfield, S., C.Lusty & A.MacKinven, compilers, 1998, The World List of Threatened Trees, World Conservation Press, Cambridge, England

Smitinand, T., 1958, Identification keys to genera and species of the Dipterocarpaceae of Thailand, Royal Forest Dept.

Soerianegara, I., & R.H.M.J.Lemmens, eds, 1993, Timber trees: major commercial timbers, In: Faridah Hanum, I., & L.J.G.van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 5(1):178.

van Steenis, Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan, 1948, Flora Malesiana, Flora Malesiana Foundation, Leiden

Whitmore, T.C., 1990, Comments on draft listing of tropical timbers of Peninsular Malaysia,

References

• Ashton (1998). Dipterocarpus tuberculatus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 3 August 2012. Listed as Least Concern (LC v2.3)