Labordia kaalae
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Waianae Range labordia (Labordia kaalae) is a species of flowering plant
in the Loganiaceae
family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Loganiaceae
Loganiaceae
Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics.Earlier treatments of the family have included up to 29 genera...
family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Labordia kaalae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.