Phyllanthaceae
Flueggea

Flueggea acidoton (L.) G.L.Webster

First published in Allertonia 3: 299 (1984)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
GREEN EBONY
Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree to 6 m tall, much-branched with zigzag spiny twigs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves clustered, obovate or oblanceolate with prominulous veins, 5–15 mm long, 3–9 mm broad, short- petiolate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals roundish, greenish-yellow, up to 2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsules 4–5 mm in diameter; seeds light brown, ca. 2 mm long.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Greater Antilles and Virgin Islands.
Recognition
and needs to be considered when making an identification. Sideroxylon horridum resembles both Securinega acidoton and Rochefortia acanthophora
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0