Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Pteralyxia > Pteralyxia laurifolia

Pteralyxia laurifolia (ridged pteralyxia)

Synonyms: Cerbera laurifolia; Tanghinia laurifolia (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Pulvinaria psidii (green shield scale)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0