Pladaroxylon

He cabbage-tree
Pladaroxylon leucadendron[1]
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Pladaroxylon
(Endl.) Hook.f.
Binomial name
Pladaroxylon leucadendron
(Willd.) Hook.f.
Synonyms[2]
  • Lachanodes section Pladaroxylon Endl.
  • Lachanodes leucadendron DC.
  • Solidago leucadendron Willd.
  • Senecio leucadendron Willd.

Pladaroxylon is a genus of trees in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3][4]

The only known species is Pladaroxylon leucadendron, native to the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. Common name is he cabbage-tree.[2][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1875 illustration extracted from page 407 of St. Helena: a physical, historical, and topographical description of the island ... The botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J. C. Melliss, by MELLISS, John Charles. Original held and digitised by the British Library.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1970. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 11: pages 42-43 descriptions in Latin, commentary and geographic information in English
  3. ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1970. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 11: plate 1055 line drawing of Pladaroxylon leucadendron
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Pladaroxylon Hook. f.
  5. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  6. ↑ Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995) The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd, Oswestry.

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