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cumingiana

Taxon

Triplaris cumingiana Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex C.A.Mey.

Protologue Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2, Bot.): 148. 1840 [Nov 1840] ; this is vol. 4 of the Sci. Nat. series; reprinted as Bem. Polygon.: 14.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Triplaris cumingiana--FL. Fairchild Tropical Garden. 7 Apr 03. 092.jpg

Triplaris cumingiana--FL. Fairchild Tropical Garden. 7 Apr 03. 092.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Triplaris cumingiana--FL. Fairchild Tropical Garden. 7 Apr 03. 093.jpg

Triplaris cumingiana--FL. Fairchild Tropical Garden. 7 Apr 03. 093.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Triplaris cumingiana--FL. Fairchild Tropical Garden. 7 Apr 03. 091.jpg

Triplaris cumingiana--FL. Fairchild Tropical Garden. 7 Apr 03. 091.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela; introduced into Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

April 7, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Garden no. 86194H

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Triplaris

Specific Epithet

cumingiana

Authorship

Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex C.A.Mey.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.6

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#78,943 of 335,497

Top 24%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →