Wendlandia angustifolia

Wendlandia angustifolia
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Wendlandia
Species:	W. angustifolia
Binomial name
	Wendlandia angustifolia; Wight

Wendlandia angustifolia is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tamil Nadu, India. The species was presumed to be extinct until 1998, when it was rediscovered after a gap of 81 years near its previously known natural habitat, during an inventory of threatened plants of Kalakkad Mundantharai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu.[2][1]

References

Oldfield, S. (2020). "Wendlandia angustifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T31213A117415015. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
"Rediscovery of Wendlandia Angustifolia Wight Ex Hook.f. (Rubiaceae), from Tamil Nadu, a Species Presumed Extinct". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 97 (2). 2000. ISSN 0006-6982.

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[iucn-1] Oldfield, S. (2020). "Wendlandia angustifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T31213A117415015. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

[2] "Rediscovery of Wendlandia Angustifolia Wight Ex Hook.f. (Rubiaceae), from Tamil Nadu, a Species Presumed Extinct". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 97 (2). 2000. ISSN 0006-6982.