Biology:Manilkara mayarensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Manilkara mayarensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Manilkara
Species:
M. mayarensis
Binomial name
Manilkara mayarensis
(Ekman ex Urb.) Cronquist[2]
Synonyms[2][3]

Mimusops mayarensis Ekman ex Urb.

Manilkara mayarensis is a plant species in the family of sapodillas, which grows wild only in Cuba's Oriente Province. Here its members range in scale from shrubs to small trees. Its usual haunts are along creeks, ravines and other naturally formed watercourses within its montane, serpentine shrubwood habitat.[1]

Threats

Mineral interests have often been favored over conservation considerations, and the result has meant a kind of self-perpetuating cycle of diminishing returns for both. That is to say, permanent loss of habitat is related directly to the further scarcity of the mineral resources in the mountains where M. mayerensis live, which is caused, yet also spurred on by, an ever greater drive to obtain said minerals.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5473133 entry