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Species: | G. longifolia |
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Gaertnera longifolia | |
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Gaertnera longifolia var. pubescensVerdc. |
Gaertnera longifolia is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. [2] It is endemic to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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An IUCN Red List Critically Endangered (CR) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of 2021, of the 120,372 species currently tracked by the IUCN, there are 8,404 species that are considered to be Critically Endangered.
Hiptage benghalensis, often simply called hiptage, is a perennial, evergreen liana native to India, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Its habitat is variable and prefers climates ranging from warm temperate to tropical. In Hawaii, where H. benghalensis is considered a weed, as it is in Australia, Mauritius and Réunion, it grows from sea level to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). H. benghalensis is cultivated for its white-pink scented flowers.
Gaertnera hirtiflora is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Gaertnera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 85 species distributed across the Old World tropics from Africa to Asia.
Gaertnera rosea is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Gaertnera ternifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Gaertnera truncata is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Gaertnera walkeri is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Kibatalia longifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Litsea longifolia is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known as "rath keliya - රත් කෙලිය" in Sinhala.
Manilkara longifolia, commonly known as masseranduba, is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Brazil, where it is threatened by habitat loss.
Pouteria longifolia is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
Xylopia longifolia is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Warburgia ugandensis, also known as Ugandan greenheart, is a species of evergreen tree native to Africa. Countries in which the plant species is found include Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The wood is resistant to insect attack and very strong. It was commonly used for the yoke pole of ox-wagons, the Disselboom. Early Indian immigrants to Kenya, working on the construction of the railway, used the leaves to flavor their curries before the chilli plant was commonly introduced. The flavor is fiercely hot and subtly different from chillies.
Aulandra longifolia is a plant in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet longifolia means "long leaf".
Protea longifolia, commonly known as the long-leaf sugarbush, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae that is native to South Africa.
Fusaea longifolia is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, the French botanist who first formally described the species using the basionym Annona longifolia, named it after its long-leaved foliage.
Petrocoptis pseudoviscosa, commonly known as falguera, is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to the Spanish province of Huesca, where it is only known from the Valle del Ésera in the Pyrenees. Its natural habitat is calcareous cliffs, crags and caves.
Spatalla longifolia, the pink-stalked spoon, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Spatalla. It forms a part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape where it is found in the Hottentots-Holland Mountains; from Franschhoek and Villiersdorp to the Kleinmond Mountains.