Manilkara gonavensis

Manilkara gonavensis


Manilkara gonavensis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Manilkara
Species: M. gonavensis
Binomial name
Manilkara gonavensis
(Urb. & Ekman) Gilly ex Cronquist[2]
Synonyms

Mimusops gonavensis Urb. & Ekman[2][3]

Manilkara gonavensis is a tree species in the Sapodilla family, found nowhere else but Haiti. It has only ever been collected one time for study, when the type specimen was taken. This was in the early 20th century, before 1929, which is the year it was described (the year of a plant's collection often predates its description by years, sometimes even decades). Consequently very little is known about M. gonavensis, and further study is needed. The specimen was taken from Haiti's Gonâve Island, which is reflected in the choice of its specific epithet.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Manilkara gonavensis in IUCN 2009". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/34404/0. Retrieved January 20, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Bull. Torrey Bot. Club lxxii. 562. 1945 "Plant Name Details for Manilkara gonavensis". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=787641-1. Retrieved December 29, 2009. "Notes: Mimusops gonavensis" 
  3. ^ Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 76. 1929 "Plant Name Details for Mimusops gonavensis". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=787938-1. Retrieved December 29, 2009.