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Overview:

Endangered

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List: EN Endangered

History:

• 1997-Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Threats:

• 1.3.1 Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Mining (ongoing)

For info on these threat codes, see here.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. Lucuma dominigensis C.F.Gaertn.
2. Lucuma serpentaria var. dominigensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Dubard
3. Lucuma serpentaria var. dominigensis (Gaertn.) Dubard

Notes:

Publishing author: Kunth

Publishing author: A.DC. Publication: Prodr. (DC.) 8: 168 1844 [mid Mar 1844]

Publishing author: Engl. in Engl. & Prantl Publication: Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 274 1897

Publishing author: Tuss. Publication: Fl. Antill. iv. 19

Publishing author: Urb. & Ekman Publication: Ark. Bot. 21A, no. 5: 55 1927

Publishing author: M.Gómez Publication: Anales Hist. Nat. 19: 253 1890

Publishing author: Dubard

Basionym author: (C.F.Gaertn.)

Publishing author: A.DC. Publication: Prodr. (DC.) 8: 169 1844 [mid Mar 1844]

Publishing author: C.F.Gaertn.

Name Status: Accepted Name.

Place of publication: Candollea 9:402. 1942

Name verified on 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Feb-2007

Physical Description

Genus Pouteria:

Trees or shrubs. Branchlets glabrous or pubescent but glabrescent. Leaves usually alternate, not stipulate; leaf blade papery to leathery, both surfaces usually pubescent when young but glabrescent when mature, sometimes abaxially glabrous and adaxially appressed pubescent, lateral veins conspicuous. Flowers in axillary clusters, sometimes with 2--4 bractlets. Sepals (4 or) 5(or 6), outside pubescent, inside glabrous or sericeous, early deciduous or persistent in fruit. Corolla tubular to campanulate, 4- or 5--8-lobed, appendages absent. Stamens (4 or) 5(--8), inserted in throat of corolla; staminodes less than 5 or 5--8, opposite sepals, lanceolate to subulate, sometimes scalelike to petal-like. Ovary conical, sometimes with cup-shaped disc at base, 5(or 6) -locular, ± villous. Fruit globose, glabrous or tomentose, sometimes setose; pericarp thin to thick, sometimes very hard when dry. Seed coat shiny, scar oblong to broadly ovate, covering half to nearly whole surface of seed.

About 50 species: tropical areas, mostly in America; two species in China.^[1]

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Distribution

Range and Population

Cuba (Caribbean, Southern America) Colombia (Western South America, Southern America) Haiti (Caribbean, Southern America) Collected from Sierra de Moa in Oriente province.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pouteria:

There are approximately 468 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: P. domingensis cuprea · P. achradiformis · P. adolfi-frederici · P. adolfi-friederici · P. adolfi-friedericii · P. adolfi-friedericii adolfi-friedericii · P. adolfi-friedericii australis · P. adolfi-friedericii floccosa · P. adolfi-friedericii keniensis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. australis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. floccosa · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. keniensis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. usambarensis · P. adolfi-friedericii usambarensis · P. alnifolia · P. altissima · P. amapaensis · P. amazonica · P. ambelaniifolia · P. amieuana · P. amieuanum · P. amygdalicarpa · P. amygdalina · P. andarahiensis · P. aneityensis · P. annamensis · P. anomala · P. anteridata · P. anteridifera · P. arcuata · P. areolatifolia · P. arguacoensium · P. aristata · P. arnhemica · P. asterocarpon · P. atabapoensis · P. aubrevillei · P. aurea · P. austin-smithii · P. australis · P. azou · P. baehniana · P. baillonii · P. balansana · P. balanseana · P. bangii · P. bapeba · P. baueri · P. beaurepairei · P. beauvisagea · P. belizensis · P. benai · P. bilocularis · P. boninensis · P. bonnerana · P. bonneriana · P. brachyandra · P. bracteata · P. brevensis · P. brevipedicellata · P. brevipetiolata · P. briocheoides · P. brownlessiana · P. bruneelii · P. buenaventurensis · P. bullata · P. bulliformis · P. butyrocarpa · P. caimito (Abiu) · P. caimito 'Gray' · P. caimito · P. cainito var. laurifolia · P. cainito var. typica · P. calcarea · P. calistophylla · P. campanulata · P. campechiana (Canistel) · P. canaimaensis · P. canaimansis · P. capacifolia · P. casaretti · P. castanosperma · P. cayennensis · P. celebica · P. chartacea · P. chiricana · P. chocoensis · P. cicatricata · P. cinerea · P. cinnamomea · P. cladantha · P. clemensii · P. coelomatica · P. collina · P. condorensis · P. congestifolia · P. contermina · P. cordiformis · P. coriacea · P. costata

Bibliography

• Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1997. A listing of threatened Cuban trees prepared for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project.
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae. (L Sapotaceae)
• Li Shu-gang (as Lee Shu-kang). 1987. Sapotaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 47-83.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida. (F TFla)
• Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. In: Organization for Flora Neotropica, ed., Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:407–409.
• Pennington, T.D. 1990. Flora Neotropica: Sapotaceae Monograph 52. The New York Botanical Garden, New York.
• The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).

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Notes

Contributors:

• Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Pouteria moaensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 23834
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 267010
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1122009-2
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LUDO2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 48174

Footnotes:

1. Shugang Li & T. D. Pennington "Pouteria". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 210. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.