Micropholis garciniifolia
Encyclopedia
Micropholis garciniifolia is a species of plant
in the Sapotaceae
family. It is endemic to Puerto Rico
, where it is known as caimitillo verde. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to order Ericales. The family includes approximately 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in approximately 65 genera . Distribution is pantropical....
family. It is endemic to Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, where it is known as caimitillo verde. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Micropholis garciniifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.