Wahlenbergia roxburghii

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iRoxburgh bellflower
Conservation status
Extinct  (ca. 1880)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Campanulales Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Wahlenbergia Species: W. roxburghii A.DC.
Binomial name
Wahlenbergia roxburghii

Wahlenbergia roxburghii (Roxburgh bellflower or dwarf cabbage tree) is an extinct member of four species of Wahlenbergia once known from the island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was last seen by naturalist John Charles Melliss in 1872.

It is an example of one the early extinctions of St Helena plants as a result of human activity, with a history similar to that of the stringwood (Acalypha rubrinervis), (see List of extinct plants).

[edit] See also

Flora of St Helena

[edit] References

• Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995) The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd, Oswestry.

[edit] External links

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species