Rhaphithamnus venustus

Rhaphithamnus venustus
	Rhaphithamnus venustus at the Conservatoire botanique national de Brest, France in 2015 july
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Verbenaceae
Genus:	Rhaphithamnus
Species:	R. venustus
Binomial name
	Rhaphithamnus venustus; (Phil.) Rob.
Synonyms
	List Citharexylum elegans Phil. ex Miers; Citharexylum venustum Phil.; Rhaphithamnus coriaceus Miers ex Moldenke nom. inval.; Rhaphithamnus elegans Deless. ex Moldenke nom. inval.; Rhaphithamnus longiflorus Miers; Rhaphithamnus lucidus Gay ex Moldenke nom. inval.; Rhaphithamnus serratifolius Miers; ;

Rhaphithamnus venustus, known locally as Juan Bueno, is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands, an archipelago west of Chile. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Juan Bueno flowers are an important source of nectar for the Juan Fernández firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis), a hummingbird that is also only found on the Juan Fernández Islands but is almost extinct today. The hummingbird, in turn, may be an important pollinator for the plant.^{[verification needed]}

References

^ IUCN Red List: Rhaphithamnus venustus entry - World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. IUCN Red List of All Threatened Species. - (Downloaded on 23 August 2007.)
^ Phil. ex Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 98 1870
^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved February 5, 2014.

This Verbenaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.