''Pladaroxylon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of trees in the
groundsel tribe within the
sunflower family.
[Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1970. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 11: pages 42-43]
descriptions in Latin, commentary and geographic information in English
The only known species is ''Pladaroxylon leucadendron'', native to the island of
St. Helena
Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constit ...
in the
South Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
. Common name is he cabbage-tree.
[ Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995) The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd., Oswestry.]
See also
* Flora of St Helena The flora of Saint Helena, an isolated island in the South Atlantic Ocean, is exceptional in its high level of endemism and the severe threats facing the survival of the flora. In phytogeography, it is in the phytochorion St. Helena and Ascension R ...
* She cabbage-tree
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Senecioneae
Monotypic Asteraceae genera
Flora of Saint Helena
Critically endangered plants
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