Pennantia baylisiana
| Pennantia baylisiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pennantiaceae |
| Genus: | Pennantia |
| Species: | P. baylisiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pennantia baylisiana (W. Oliver) Baylis
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Pennantia baylisiana, the Three Kings kaikomako, is a species of plant in the Pennantiaceae family (Icacinaceae in older classifications). It is endemic to the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, where only one plant is known to exist. Its seeds have also been harvested. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Since its discovery in 1945; it has been successfully propagated.[2] The single tree known in the wild grows on a scree slope on the northern face of Great Island in the Three Kings group off Cape Reinga, New Zealand.[3] The species was discovered in 1945 by Professor Geoff Baylis of the University of Otago.
References
- ^ a b de Lange, P.J. (2014). Pennantia baylisiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Retrieved 23 August 2007
- ^ Renwick, Dustin (24 December 2019). "The story of the world's loneliest tree". National Geographic.
- ^ "World's rarest tree comes home to the Far North". Northern Advocate. 2019-08-25. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
External links
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- World's rarest tree gets some help, John Platt, 20 April 2010, Scientific American
- NZ’s rarest tree back from the brink at Science Learning, University of Waikato