Pteralyxia laurifolia

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

Pteralyxia laurifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Pteralyxia
Species:
P. laurifolia
Binomial name
Pteralyxia laurifolia
(G.Lodd.) Leeuwenb.
Synonyms[2]
  • 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

References
  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Pteralyxia macrocarpa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33563A9787032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33563A9787032.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pteralyxia macrocarpa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 October 2015.


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