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Fagraea carstensensis

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5429438 ↗
Source-derived summary

Fagraea carstensensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Western New Guinea, the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea. It grows in lowland rain forest from 200 to 860 metres elevation. It is not well known, having been collected just twice.

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The public source identifies “Fagraea carstensensis” as species of plant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fagraea, carstensensis and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 54-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Fagraea, carstensensis and species providing the first useful test.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5429438. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Fagraea carstensensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.