Hopea

Not to be confused with Hopia.
This article is about the genus. For the surname, see Hopea (surname).

Hopea
Hopea parviflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Tribe: Shoreae
Genus: Hopea
Roxb., nom. cons.[1]
Species

About 104. See text.

Synonyms[2][3]
  • Balanocarpus Beddome
  • Dioticarpus Dunn
  • Hancea Pierre
  • Peirrea F.Heim
  • Petalandra Hasskarl

Hopea is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It contains some 113 species, distributed from Sri Lanka and southern India to the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, southern China, and southward throughout Malesia to New Guinea. They are mainly main and subcanopy trees of lowland rainforest,[1] but some species can become also emergent trees, such as Hopea nutans.

The genus was named after John Hope, the first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.[4]: 948 

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Ashton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Xi-wen Li, Jie Li and Peter S. Ashton (2007). "Hopea Roxburgh". Flora of China. Vol. 13.
  3. ^ "Hopea Roxb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. ^ de Lirio, Elton John; Freitas, Joelcio (August 2014). "Request for a binding decision on whether Hopea Roxb. (Dipterocarpaceae) and Hopia Zuloaga & Morrone (Poaceae) are sufficiently alike to be confused". Taxon. 63 (4): 948. doi:10.12705/634.38.