Pteralyxia Explained

Pteralyxia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1895. The entire genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.^[1]

Species^[1]

• Pteralyxia kauaiensis Caum (syn P. elliptica) - Kauai
• Pteralyxia laurifolia (G.Lodd.) Leeuwenb. (syn P. macrocarpa, P. caumiana) - Oahu

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=170330 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families