Endemic flora of Guadalupe Island

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Hesperelaea is a monotypic genus of trees in the olive family which contains the single species Hesperelaea palmeri, now probably extinct. The species was found only on Guadalupe Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Mexican state of Baja California, about southwest of Ensenada. It was collected once in 1875 by Edward Palmer, who found three living individuals. He remains the only recorded person to have seen the species alive. The small population of the species, the devastating effects of feral goats, and the overexploitation of the island's woody plants likely meant that

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Baeriopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species Baeriopsis guadalupensis. It is endemic to the Guadalupe Island archipelago along the coast of Baja California in Mexico. It grows in Guadalupe mesa scrub habitat. thumb|The flower and succulent leaves

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