Pteralyxia laurifolia

Ridged pteralyxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Pteralyxia
Species: P. laurifolia
Binomial name
Pteralyxia laurifolia
(G.Lodd.) Leeuwenb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerbera laurifolia G.Lodd.
  • Tanghinia laurifolia (G.Lodd.) G.Don
  • Vallesia macrocarpa Hillebr.
  • Pteralyxia macrocarpa (Hillebr.) K.Schum.
  • Pteralyxia caumiana O.Deg.
  • Alyxia robusta Pichon

Pteralyxia laurifolia, also called ridged pteralyxia,[2] is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to the Island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands.[1] The species is listed as vulnerable, threatened by habitat loss.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Pteralyxia macrocarpa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Pteralyxia macrocarpa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.


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