Calycolpus
Encyclopedia
Calycolpus is a genus of the botanical
family
Myrtaceae
, native to the Americas.
The species Calycolpus excisus
is a small tree known only from the limestone mountains of eastern Cuba. It is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species
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Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae
The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus belong here. All species are woody, with essential oils, and flower parts in multiples of four or five...
, native to the Americas.
The species Calycolpus excisus
Calycolpus excisus
Calycolpus excisus is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba.-References:* Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007....
is a small tree known only from the limestone mountains of eastern Cuba. It is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
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