Biology:Pouteria dominigensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pouteria dominigensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Pouteria
Species:
P. dominigensis
Binomial name
Pouteria dominigensis
(C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni (1942)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lucuma dominigensis C.F.Gaertn. (1807)
  • Lucuma serpentaria var. dominigensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Dubard (1912)
  • Pouteria dominigensis var. typica Baehni (1942), not validly publ.
  • Radlkoferella dominigensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Pierre (1890)

Pouteria dominigensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), the Bahamas, and Florida.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Two subspecies are accepted:[2]

  • Pouteria dominigensis subsp. cuprea (Urb. & Ekman) T.D.Penn. (synonym Lucuma cuprea Urb. & Ekman) – native to Hispaniola
  • Pouteria dominigensis subsp. dominigensis (synonyms include Pouteria moaensis Alain) – native to Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, and Florida. As Pouteria moaensis it is listed by the IUCN as an endangered species endemic to Cuba.[1]

References

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