Pittosporum coriaceum
Encyclopedia
Pittosporum coriaceum is a species of plant
in the Pittosporaceae
family. It is endemic to Macaronesia
, and due to extinction in the Canary islands
, it is now restricted to the Portuguese
Madeira Islands.
Pittosporum coriaceum is a Critically endangered species 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 Pittosporaceae
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family includes approximately 200 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 9-10 genera. The species of Pittosporaceae range from tropical to temperate climates of the Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Oceania, and Australasia ecozones.-Genera:* Auranticarpa...
family. It is endemic to Macaronesia
Macaronesia
Macaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries: Portugal, Spain, and Cape Verde...
, and due to extinction in the Canary islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
, it is now restricted to the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Madeira Islands.
Pittosporum coriaceum is a Critically endangered species due to habitat loss.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Pittosporum coriaceum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.