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Ridged Pteralyxia (Pteralyxia laurifolia)

Description

Pteralyxia is a genus of plants in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1895. The entire genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Gentianales

            • Family: Apocynaceae

              • Genus: Pteralyxia