Biology:Myrcia sintenisiana

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Short description: Species of plant

Myrcia sintenisiana
Marlierea sintenisii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Myrcia
Species:
M. sintenisiana
Binomial name
Myrcia sintenisiana
M.F.Santos[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Marlierea sintenisii Kiærsk.
  • (Kiaersk.) Britton Plinia sintenisii

Myrcia sintenisiana (synonym Marlierea sintenisii) is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae.[2] It is endemic to Puerto Rico,[2] where it is limited to the Luquillo Mountains.[1] It occurs in El Yunque National Forest in dwarf forest habitat[3] on wet mountain ridges.[1] Its common name is beruquillo.[3]

This species can take the form of a shrub 3 or 4 meters tall or a tree up to 9 meters tall. New twigs are coated in reddish brown hairs, and older branches are bare and gray. The leaves are up to 7.5 centimeters long by 5 wide. New leaves are shiny and coppery in color. Hairy flowers grow in clusters.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Marlierea sintenisii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T30938A9594216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30938A9594216.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30938/9594216. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Myrcia sintenisiana M.F.Santos". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77210449-1. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Endemic Plant Facts - September 2010 - Marlierea sintenisii. El Yunque National Forest. USDA Forest Service.

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