Stemonoporus nitidus

{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{Speciesbox |image = |status = CR |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Sri Lankan Red List Group |date=2024 |title=''Stemonoporus nitidus'' |volume=2024 |article-number=e.T30834A220446190 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T30834A220446190.en |access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref> |genus = Stemonoporus |species = nitidus |authority = Thwaites |synonyms = *''Doona nitida'' {{small|(Thwaites) F.Heim}} *''Vateria nitida'' {{small|(Thwaites) Thwaites}} *''Vatica nitida'' {{small|(Thwaites) A.DC.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Stemonoporus nitidus'' Thwaites |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321506-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref> }}

'''''Stemonoporus nitidus''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a small tree endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka. It is known from a single 19th-century collection on a ridge in lowland evergreen rain forest. It is threatened by habitat loss from forest clearance for smallholder farms and plantations. Subsequent surveys have not located any populations,<ref name = iucn/> and the species may be extinct.<ref name = iucn/><ref name = powo/>

The species was first described by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1858.<ref name = powo/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

nitidus Category:Endemic flora of Sri Lanka Category:Critically endangered flora of Asia Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Plants described in 1858 Category:Taxa named by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites