Wahlenbergia roxburghii

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Roxburgh bellflower
Conservation status

Extinct  (ca. 1880) (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Campanulales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Wahlenbergia
Species: W. roxburghii
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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).

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

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