| Sideroxylon cubense | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Sideroxylon |
| Species: | S. cubense |
| Binomial name | |
| Sideroxylon cubense | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Sideroxylon cubense is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae . [2] It is native to Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico. [1]
Sideroxylon confertum was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 1998 IUCN Red List, where it was considered endemic to Cuba, [3] but as of January 2023 [update] was treated as a junior synonym within the more widely distributed S. cubense. [1]
The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in around 65 genera. Their distribution is pantropical.
Manilkara is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Caribbean. A close relative is the genus Pouteria.
Sideroxylon is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (sideros), meaning "iron", and ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood."
Behaimia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is only found in Cuba. It has only one accepted species, Behaimia cubensis. It can be distinguished from related genera, Cyclolobium and Limadendron by:
pinnately multifoliolate leaves, a sessile ovary, and an indehiscent or late dehiscent one-seeded pod.
This is a list of plants which includes trees and other herbs, vines, climbers, lianas, shrubs, subshrubs that are native or endemic, found in Cuba.
Stenostomum radiatum, synonym Antirhea radiata, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Cuba and Haiti. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Euchorium is a monospecific genus of plants in the family Sapindaceae. The only species, Euchorium cubense is endemic to Viñales, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. It has not been relocated since its discovery despite several searches, and is thus considered extinct.
Henriettea punctata is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Pimenta ferruginea is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Pouteria longifolia is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
Pouteria dominigensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, and Florida. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sideroxylon acunae is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Sideroxylon cartilagineum is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Sideroxylon jubilla is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Sideroxylon socorrense is a plant species in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, native to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands and to the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa and Nayarit on the Mexican mainland.
Synapsis ilicifolia is a species of plant in the family Schlegeliaceae. It is endemic to the island of Cuba. It is the sole species in the genus Synapsis, which was described as a genus in 1866.
Tabebuia bibracteolata is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Calliandra haematomma is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. Calliandra pilosa is a synonym of C. haematomma var. glabrata.
Cinnamodendron cubense is a species of flowering plant in the family Canellaceae. It is a rare species endemic to Cuba.
Synsepalum revolutum is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae, native to west and west central tropical Africa. It was first described by John Gilbert Baker in 1877 as Sideroxylon revolutum.
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