Ternstroemia luquillensis

Ternstroemia luquillensis
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Endangered  (ESA) [2] [3]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Pentaphylacaceae
Genus:	Ternstroemia
Species:	T. luquillensis
Binomial name
Ternstroemia luquillensis Krug & Urban

Ternstroemia luquillensis, the palo colorado, ^[4] is a species of plant in the Pentaphylacaceae family. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is threatened by habitat loss ^[1] and has been listed as an endangered species in the United States since 1992 under the Endangered Species Act ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ternstroemia luquillensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T30966A9584714. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30966A9584714.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. "Palo colorado (Ternstroemia luquillensis)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
3. 57 FR 14782
4. NRCS. "Ternstroemia luquillensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 December 2015.