Sideroxylon rubiginosum
Encyclopedia
Sideroxylon rubiginosum is a species of plant
in the Sapotaceae
family. It is endemic to the Dominican Republic
.
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 the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
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Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Sideroxylon rubiginosum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.