Labordia lydgatei
Encyclopedia
Wahiawa Mountain labordia (Labordia lydgatei) is a species of flowering plant
in the Loganiaceae
family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands
, where it is present only in the Wahiawa Mountains of Kauai
. 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...
, where it is present only in the Wahiawa Mountains of Kauai
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Labordia lydgatei. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 April 2011.