Wikstroemia skottsbergiana

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Wikstroemia skottsbergiana

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Wikstroemia
Species:
W. skottsbergiana
Binomial name
Wikstroemia skottsbergiana
Sparre

Wikstroemia skottsbergiana, also called Skottsberg's false ohelo and Skottsberg's wikstroemia,

habitat loss. Only one small population of 30 individuals is known, but access to this location has not been permitted to conservationists since 2000, and the habitat surrounding this area has become heavily degraded over the years, raising fears that it may be extinct.[3]

References

  1. . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Wikstroemia skottsbergiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-12-24.