Pennantia baylisiana
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| Pennantia baylisiana (W. Oliver) Baylis |
Pennantia baylisiana is a species of plant in the Pennantiaceae family (Icacinaceae in older classifications). It is endemic to the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, where only one plant is known to exist. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- de Lange, P.J. 1998. Pennantia baylisiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
Pennantia baylisiana was listed as one of the world's rarest plants by the Guiness Book of Records. The single tree known in the wild grows on a scree slope on the northern face of Great Island in the Three Kings group off Cape Reinga, New Zealand. It was discovered in 1945 by Professor Geoff Baylis of the University of Otago.
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