Pterophylla exigua
Pterophylla exigua, formerly known as Weinmannia exigua, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to Fiji.[2] This scarce shrub or small tree is known from a single population of 30 to 40 individual plants in Cakaudrove Province on Vanua Levu. It grows in forest or thicket at low elevations. Its known habitat is in at high risk of fires.[1]
| Pterophylla exigua | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Pterophylla |
| Species: | P. exigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophylla exigua (A.C.Sm.) Pillon & H.C.Hopkins[2] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Weinmannia exigua A.C.Sm. | |
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Weinmannia exigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T31034A9602111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31034A9602111.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Pterophylla exigua (A.C.Sm.) Pillon & H.C.Hopkins Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 26 September 2022.
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