Pladaroxylon leucadendron

Taxobox


image_width = 260px
image_caption = He cabbage tree
status = CR
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Pladaroxylon"
species = "P. leucadendron"
binomial = "Pladaroxylon leucadendron"
binomial_authority = (Willd.) Hook.f.(1870)
synonyms ="Senecio Leuoadendron"
"Solidago leucadendron" Willd.
Source: IPNI,IPNI
id = 238657-1
date = 2008-05-23] INGcite web
url = http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Pladaroxylon
title = "Pladaroxylon"
accessdate = 2008-05-23
date = 2003-03-26
format = HTML
work = Index Nominum Genericorum
publisher = International Association for Plant Taxonomy]

He cabbage tree ("Pladaroxylon leucadendron") is one of three cabbage tree species from the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, where it is endangered. It is a small tree in the Asteraceae family. It is called "he cabbage tree" as the young leaves are hairy, in contrast to the hairless leaves of the she cabbage tree.

ee also

*Flora of St Helena
* She cabbage tree

References

* Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995) The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd, Oswestry.

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