Erythroxylum minutifolium

Erythroxylum minutifolium
Conservation status
Extinct in the Wild  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Erythroxylaceae
Genus:	Erythroxylum
Species:	E. minutifolium
Binomial name
Erythroxylum minutifolium Griseb.
Synonyms [2]
Erythroxylum barahonenseO.E.Schulz & Ekman Erythroxylum echinodendronEkman ex Urb. Erythroxylum minutifolium var. cubenseO.E.Schulz

Erythroxylum minutifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Erythroxylaceae. It is a shrub native to Cuba and possibly Hispaniola. ^[2]

Erythroxylum minutifolium is considered a very abundant plant in Cuba, ^[3] however the IUCN Red List lists the species' synonym Erythroxylum echinodendron as extinct in the wild. ^[1]

According to Plants of the World Online E. minutifolium is native to both Cuba and Hispaniola. Other sources describe it as endemic to Cuba. ^{[4] [3]} According to R. O. Prieto specimens of E. minutifolium collected in Hispaniola are actually of Erythroxylum williamsii which have been misidentified. ^[4]

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Erythroxylum echinodendron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998: e.T31680A9645757. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31680A9645757.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Erythroxylum minutifolium Griseb". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
3. Toledo-Castro, Sandra María; Gonzalez-Lavaut, José A.; Echemendia, Olga, and Garcia-Gonzalez, Nelson. Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of the fruits of Erythroxylum minutifolium Griseb: (Erythroxylaceae). Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales. 2008, vol.13, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1028-4796.
4. Ramona Oviedo Prieto "Novelties in Erythroxylum (Erythroxylaceae) of the Greater Antilles," Willdenowia, 33(1), 187-195, (29 August 2003)

Sources

• IUCN Red List of all Threatened Species