Rhododendron kanehirai
Encyclopedia
Rhododendron kanehirai was a species of plant
in the Ericaceae
family. It was endemic to Taiwan
. It became extinct in the wild and exists only in cultivated form.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Ericaceae
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...
family. It was endemic to Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It became extinct in the wild and exists only in cultivated form.
Source
- Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J. 1998. Rhododendron kanehirai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.