Biology:Pouteria splendens

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pouteria splendens
Pouteria splendens, fruto amaraillo.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Pouteria
Species:
P. splendens
Binomial name
Pouteria splendens
(A.DC.) Kuntze

Pouteria splendens is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to the coastal areas of Central Chile . Due to the current rates of habitat loss, a recent study proposed to reclassify this species as Endangered.[2] Produces an edible fruit similar to that of lucuma fruit.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Pouteria splendens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T32051A9677515. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32051A9677515.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32051/9677515. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Morales et al. (2015). Combining Niche Modelling, Land-Use Change, and Genetic Information to Assess the Conservation Status of Pouteria splendens Populations in Central Chile. International Journal of Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/612194

Wikidata ☰ Q1328729 entry