Eugenia woodburyana
Eugenia woodburyana (Woodbury's stopper) is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eugenia |
| Species: | E. woodburyana |
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| Eugenia woodburyana Alain | |
This is an evergreen tree which grows up to 6 meters in height. It has hairy oval leaves up to 2 centimeters long by 1.5 wide which are oppositely arranged. The inflorescence is a cluster of up to 5 white flowers borne in the leaf axils. The fruit is an eight-winged red berry up to 2 centimeters long.[2]
The tree grows in the Sierra Bermeja and the Guánica State Forest of Puerto Rico, and there is reportedly one individual in the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge.[2] In 1998 there were 45 trees of this species remaining.[1]
It is named for the botanist Roy Orlo Woodbury, an expert on Puerto Rican flora.[3]
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Eugenia woodburyana. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded 22 March 2011.
- USFWS. Determination of endangered status for three Puerto Rican plants. Federal Register September 9, 1994.
- Santiago-Blay, J. A., et al. (2003). Roy Orlo Woodbury (1913-2002): An Extraordinary Field Biologist. Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Journal of Science 39(1) 1-10.