Acalypha rubrinervis

Taxobox
name = "String tree"
status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
extinct = ca. 1860
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Euphorbiaceae
genus = "Acalypha"
species = "A. rubrinervis"
species_authority = Cronk
binomial = "Acalypha rubrinervis"

"Acalypha rubrinervis" (string tree or stringwood) is an extinct plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), from the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was called string tree on account of the thin pendulous inflorescences which resembled red strings. Disturbance following human settlement on the island of St Helena destroyed its habitat and it was last seen in the 19th century. It is thus one of a number of island plants to have been driven to extinction by human activity (see List of extinct plants).

The genus to which it belongs, "Acalypha", is a large one and includes island endemics as well as weeds and ornamentals.

ee also

Flora of St Helena

References

*cite book
last = Cronk
first = Quentin C.B.
authorlink = Quentin C.B. Cronk
title = The endemic Flora of St Helena
origyear = 2000
publisher = Anthony Nelson Ltd
location = Oswestry

External links

* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/37854/all IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]