Biology:Maytenus umbellata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Maytenus umbellata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Maytenus |
| Species: | M. umbellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Maytenus umbellata (R.Br.) Mabb. (1981)
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Maytenus umbellata is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. Common names include Buxo-da-rocha and Madeira shrubby bittersweet.[3] It is endemic to Madeira.[4]
Description
It is a small evergreen tree or shrub growing up to 5 meters high.[1]
Habitat and ecology
Maytenus umbellata is native to the Madeira and neighboring islands in the archipelago. It is found from sea level to 400 meters elevation, in woodlands and shrublands with Olea europaea and Ceratonia siliqua, and in lower-elevation laurel forests with Laurus azorica, Ocotea foetens, and other species.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 da Silva Menezes de Sequeira, M.; Fernandes, F.; Beech, E. (2017). "Maytenus umbellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T161971A102153273. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T161971A102153273.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161971/102153273. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ↑ Maytenus umbellata (R.Br.) Mabb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ "Maytenus umbellata (R. Br.) Mabb." José do Canto Botanical Garden. Accessed 9 April 2021. [1]
- ↑ Gymnosporia dryandri (Lowe) Masf. in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-04-08.
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