Pteralyxia

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Kingdom Plantae Family Apocynaceae Higher classification Apocynaceae		Order Gentianales Scientific name Pteralyxia Rank Genus
Lower classifications Pteralyxia macrocarpa, Pteralyxia kauaiensis

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.

Species

Pteralyxia kauaiensis Caum (syn P. elliptica) - Kauai

Pteralyxia laurifolia (G.Lodd.) Leeuwenb. (syn P. macrocarpa, P. caumiana) - Oahu

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