Wikstroemia skottsbergiana

Wikstroemia skottsbergiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Wikstroemia
Species: W. skottsbergiana
Binomial name
Wikstroemia skottsbergiana
Sparre

Wikstroemia skottsbergiana (also called Skottsberg's false ohelo[1] and Skottsberg's wikstroemia) was a species of flowering plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It was endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi, but became extinct due to habitat loss.

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