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rhacoma

Taxon

Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz

Protologue Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 321. 1766IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Crossopetalum rhacoma--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 284.jpg

Crossopetalum rhacoma--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 284.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Crossopetalum rhacoma--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 286.jpg

Crossopetalum rhacoma--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 286.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Crossopetalum rhacoma--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 285.jpg

Crossopetalum rhacoma--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 285.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Crossopetalum rhacoma--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 283.jpg

Crossopetalum rhacoma--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 283.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (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

No collection number

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

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Celastrales

Family

Celastraceae

Genus

Crossopetalum

Specific Epithet

rhacoma

Authorship

Crantz

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#242,006 of 335,497

Top 73%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →