Pteralyxia laurifolia | |
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Scientific 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] | |
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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]
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Pterygota macrocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cuminia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1835. It contains only one known species, Cuminia eriantha. It is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island, one of the Juan Fernández Islands in the southeast Pacific, off the coast of Chile and politically a part of that country.
Juania australis, the Chonta palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, the only species in the genus Juania. It is a solitary trunked palm tree which is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands archipelago in the southeast Pacific Ocean west of Chile.
Aglaia macrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly the Philippines.
Agonandra macrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Opiliaceae. It is found in Costa Rica and Honduras. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Casearia macrocarpa is a species of plant in the Salicaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Euodia macrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Mastixia macrocarpa is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet macrocarpa is from the Greek meaning "large fruit".
Nargedia macrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Melicope remyi, synonym Platydesma remyi, the Hawai'i pilo kea, is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is on the IUCN Red List of Endangered species.
Pouteria macrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica.
Psychotria macrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India.
Pteralyxia kauaiensis, also called Kaulu or Kauaʻi pteralyxia, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation. There are no more than 1000 individuals remaining. It is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.
Pteralyxia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1895. The entire genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Polyscias gymnocarpa, commonly known as the Koolau Range 'ohe or Koʻolau tetraplasandra, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Vateria macrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to India.
Tabernaemontana macrocarpa grows as a shrub or tree up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 50 centimetres (20 in). The bark is yellowish brown, brown, grey-brown or grey. Its fragrant flowers feature combinations of cream, white and orange corolla lobes. The fruit is orange, with paired follicles, each up to 16 centimetres (6 in) in diameter. The specific epithet macrocarpa is from the Greek meaning "with large fruit". Its habitat is forests from sea level to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) altitude. Tabernaemontana macrocarpa has been used as arrow poison. The species is native to Thailand and Malesia.