Machaonia woodburyana

Machaonia woodburyana
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Machaonia
Species:	M. woodburyana
Binomial name
	Machaonia woodburyana; Acev.-Rodr.

Machaonia woodburyana, the alfilerillo, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. According to the Flora of St. John^{[permanent dead link]} it is endemic to the island of St. John.^[1]

Habitat

The Machaonia woodburyana natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

^ Flora of St. John^{[permanent dead link]}

Clubbe, C. & Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2003. Machaonia woodburyana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
USDA Profile for Machaonia woodburyana (alfilerillo)

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[1] Flora of St. John^{[permanent dead link]}

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