Zanthoxylum thomasianum
| Zanthoxylum thomasianum | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. thomasianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Zanthoxylum thomasianum (Krug & Urb) P.Wilson | |
Zanthoxylum thomasianum, also known as the St. Thomas prickly-ash, is a species of plant in the Rutaceae family. It is found in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and shrublands. It is threatened by habitat loss,[1] and is the only on St. John listed as "endangered".[2]
Some taxonomers consider it a subspecies of Zanthoxylum punctatum.[3]
References
- ↑ Clubbe, C., Pollard, B., Smith-Abbott, J., Walker, R. & Woodfield, N. (2003). Zanthoxylum thomasianum. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 24 August 2007.
- ↑ P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, FLORA OF ST. JOHN, U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND, MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: 78: 1581. 1996.
- ↑ Pollard, B. J. and C. Clubbe. 2003. Status Report for the British Virgin Islands’ Plant Species, Red List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.
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