Gnetum latifolium

Gnetum latifolium is an evergreen plant in the family Gnetaceae with a broad distribution across South East Asia.^[1] Although some of its habitat is threatened by logging and forest conversion to crops, its broad distribution afforded it an assessment of "least concern" according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.^[1]

Gnetum latifolium
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Gnetophyta
Order:	Gnetales
Family:	Gnetaceae
Genus:	Gnetum
Species:	G. latifolium
Binomial name
Gnetum latifolium Blume
Synonyms[2]
Gnemon latifolia (Blume) Kuntze

Gnetum latifolium leaves

Several varieties are accepted:^[2]

• Gnetum latifolium var. latifolium
• Gnetum latifolium var. funiculare Markgr.
• Gnetum latifolium var. laxifrutescens (Elmer) Markgr.
• Gnetum latifolium var. longipes (Markgr.) T.H.Nguyên
• Gnetum latifolium var. macropodum (Kurz) Markgr.
• Gnetum latifolium var. minus (Foxw.) Markgr.