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The magnificent Dipterocarps: précis for an Epitaph?

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Medieval Arab traders, bartering for forest products with indigenous tribes along the unending coastlines of the Malesian archipelago were first to recognise the value of the magnificent dipterocarps, for their camphor-bearing resin which they introduced to the Middle east and therefrom to Europe. Knowledge grew, and then value in international trade, reaching its peak over the last half century when, for a time, their timber comprised the leading hardwood on international markets. Now all but exhausted, the majority of the lowland forests they dominated are threatened with destruction, and their species with extinction. Their history in science and the market is reviewed, and unanswered research questions identified. Priorities in conservation methods and policies are emphasised. But time is short, as their existence retreats into the realm of paleontology: A warning to future researchers in systematics and ecology, and for the continued funding of their institutions.

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This review was submitted on 28 November 2019 as Covid was first emerging in China, with consequent delay. Major dipterocarp paleontological advances have meanwhile emerged which both enrich and in some part alter our account. These are the subject of a paper to be submitted elsewhere

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Ashton, P.S., Morley, R.J., Heckenhauer, J. et al. The magnificent Dipterocarps: précis for an Epitaph?. Kew Bull 76, 87–125 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-021-09934-7

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