Eriolaena lushingtonii
Encyclopedia
Eriolaena lushingtonii is a species of flowering plant
in the Sterculiaceae
family.
It is found only in India
.
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 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 is found only in 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 is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Eriolaena lushingtonii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.