''Gleditsia rolfei'' is a
leguminous tree in the family
. It is found only in southern
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
, where it grows in the
Hengchun peninsula. It is threatened by
habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...
.
References
rolfei
Endemic flora of Taiwan
Endangered plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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