Wendlandia angustifolia
Encyclopedia
Wendlandia angustifolia was a species of plant
in the Rubiaceae
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 Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
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. Wendlandia angustifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.