Micropholis polita
Encyclopedia
Micropholis polita is a species of plant
in the Sapotaceae
family.
It is endemic to Cuba
, but threatened by habitat loss.
Two subspecies
have been named:
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 Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, but threatened by habitat loss.
Two subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
have been named:
- Micropholis polita ssp. hotteana Judd
- Micropholis polita ssp. polita
Sources
- Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Micropholis polita.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.