Sterculia khasiana
Encyclopedia
Sterculia khasiana was a species of plant
in the Sterculiaceae
family. It was endemic to India
. It became extinct due to habitat loss.
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 Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae is a botanical name for a group of flowering plants at the rank of family, which is now considered obsolete. As is true for any botanical name, the circumscription, status and placement of the taxon has varied with taxonomic point of view...
family. It was endemic to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It became extinct due to habitat loss.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Sterculia khasiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.