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Auerodendron pauciflorum (turtlefat)

Wikipedia Abstract

Auerodendron pauciflorum is a rare species of flowering plant in the Rhamnaceae family. One English language common name is turtlefat. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is known from only one population in Isabela. At the time the plant was federally listed as an endangered species by the United States in 1994, only ten individual plants were known to exist. By 1997, there were 19 known specimens. This is an evergreen shrub with black-dotted green leaves up to 15 centimeters long by 6 wide. Two or three flowers occur in the leaf axils.
View Wikipedia Record: Auerodendron pauciflorum

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Auerodendron pauciflorum

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0