Biology:Schaefferia frutescens
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| Schaefferia frutescens photographed at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Schaefferia |
| Species: | S. frutescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Schaefferia frutescens | |
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Schaefferia completa Sw. | |
Schaefferia frutescens, the Florida-boxwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from southern Florida in the United States , south through the Caribbean to Central America and northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador), and also Veracruz in Mexico.[2][3] It grows at close to sea level in Florida, and up to 600 m altitude in Puerto Rico.[3]
It is an evergreen shrub or rarely a small tree growing to 4–5 m tall (exceptionally to 8 m), usually with several stems from the base; stem size is up to 18 cm diameter. The bark is smooth light gray, roughened by many narrow ridges. The leaves are leathery, yellow-green, 4–7 cm long and 12–25 mm broad. The flowers are small, pale green to whitish, produced in small clusters in the leaf axils. The fruit is an orange-red to red berry 4–8 mm diameter.[3]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Schaefferia frutescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T181465610A181465612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181465610A181465612.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181465610/181465612. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Schaefferia frutescens | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2010-10-03 }}
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Schaefferia frutescens Jacq. Florida-boxwood". International Institute of Tropical Forestry. United States Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/pdf/shrubs/Schaefferia%20frutescens.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7430904 entry
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