Biology:Zanthoxylum punctatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. punctatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Zanthoxylum punctatum | |
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species synonyms:
synonyms of subsp. obtriangulare:
synonyms of subsp. punctatum:
synonyms of subsp. thomasianum:
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Zanthoxylum punctatum, also known as the , is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a shrub or tree of the Caribbean, where it is native to the Bahamas, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Trinidad and Tobago.[2] Its natural habitats are tropical dry broadleaf forests and tropical dry scrub. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Three subspecies are accepted:[2]
- Zanthoxylum punctatum subsp. obtriangulare (Urb.) Reynel – Dominican Republic
- Zanthoxylum punctatum subsp. punctatum – Bahamas, Hispaniola, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Windward Islands
- Zanthoxylum punctatum subsp. thomasianum (Krug & Urb.) Reynel – Virgin Islands
Subspecies thomasianum, known as St. Thomas prickly-ash, is native to Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands, where it grows in dry forest and dry scrub.[3] and is the only plant species on St. John listed as "endangered".[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2022). "Zanthoxylum punctatum" (in en). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T208167630A208355662.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/208167630/208355662. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Zanthoxylum punctatum Vahl". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775977-1.
- ↑ Bárrios, S.; Hamilton, M.A. (2020). "Zanthoxylum thomasianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44007A183184159.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44007/183184159. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, FLORA OF ST. JOHN, U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND , MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: 78: 1581. 1996.
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