Pteralyxia laurifolia

Ridged pteralyxia
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Pteralyxia
Species:	P. laurifolia
Binomial name
	Pteralyxia laurifolia; (G.Lodd.) Leeuwenb.
Synonyms
	Cerbera laurifolia G.Lodd.; Tanghinia laurifolia (G.Lodd.) G.Don; Vallesia macrocarpa Hillebr.; Pteralyxia macrocarpa (Hillebr.) K.Schum.; Pteralyxia caumiana O.Deg.; Alyxia robusta Pichon;

Pteralyxia laurifolia, also called ridged pteralyxia,^[2] is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to the Island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands.^[1] The species is listed as vulnerable, threatened by habitat loss.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pteralyxia macrocarpa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Pteralyxia macrocarpa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.

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