Erythrina schliebenii
| Erythrina schliebenii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Erythrina |
| Species: | E. schliebenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythrina schliebenii Harms | |
Erythrina schliebenii is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Tanzania. Believed to have gone extinct in 2008 when the only known surviving trees fell victim to commercial logging, a small population of fewer than 50 individual trees was rediscovered in March 2012 during botanical explorations in the south-east of Tanzania.[1]
References
- ↑ "Two twice ‘extinct’ trees rediscovered in coastal Tanzania". WWF. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
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