Myrcianthes coquimbensis

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Myrcianthes coquimbensis - Wikipedia

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Myrcianthes coquimbensis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Myrcianthes
Species:	M. coquimbensis
Binomial name
*Myrcianthes coquimbensis* (Barnéoud) Landrum & Grifo

Myrcianthes coquimbensis, commonly called lucumillo, is an evergreen shrub of the genus Myrcianthes of the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the Coquimbo Region of Chile^[1] and is considered to be endangered. Produces an edible fruit.

Description

Myrcianthes coquimbensis is a small rounded, aromatic, dense shrub growing to a height of about 1.5 metres (5 feet). The leaves are short-stalked, evergreen, oval or elliptical, with entire margins that are often downrolled. They are leathery with bluntly rounded tips, and are 1.5 to 2.5 cm (0.6 to 1.0 in) long and 1.2 to 1.8 cm (0.5 to 0.7 in) wide. The lateral veins are nearly perpendicular to the central vein. The small flowers either grow singly or in groups of three, the central one being sessile and the side ones having short stalks. The five petals are white and there is a boss of protruding stamens. The fruit is a edible fleshy berry containing one or two seeds and is topped by the remains of the five persistent sepals. The fruit has a diameter of 1.5 to 2 cm (0.6 to 0.8 in) and turns red when ripe.^[1]^[2]

Distribution and habitat

Myrcianthes coquimbensis is endemic to Chile. Its range extends for about 83 kilometres (52 mi) along the coast of the Elqui Province in the Chilean region of Coquimbo. It typically grows on coastal rocks located on slopes that are almost constantly moist with mists blown in from the Pacific Ocean, although some plants grow in other locations. This species is often associated with a community of other plants and shrubs including Bridgesia incisifolia, Oxalis gigantea, Heliotropium stenophyllum, Bahia ambrosioides and Polyachyrus poeppigii. The conservation status of this shrub is considered to be "endangered" because of habitat loss, failure of the shrub to flower and fruit, and consequent lack of recruitment of young plants.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Fautin, Daphne Gail (1987). Stylobates loisetteae, a new species of shell-forming sea anemone (Coelenterata:Actiniidae) from Western Australia. California Academy of Sciences. p. 280.
^ Landrum, Leslie R.; Grifo, Francesca T. (1988). "Myrcianthes (Myrtaceae) in Chile". Brittonia. 40 (3): 290–293. doi:10.2307/2807476. JSTOR 2807476. S2CID 35915975.
^ García-Guzman, Patricio1; Loayza, Andrea P.; Carvajal, Danny E.; Letelier, Luis; Squeo, Francisco A. (2012). "The ecology, distribution and conservation status of Myrcianthes coquimbensis: a globally endangered endemic shrub of the Chilean Coastal Desert". Plant Ecology and Diversity. 5 (2): 197–204. doi:10.1080/17550874.2011.583286. S2CID 84277002.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Taxon identifiers
Myrcianthes coquimbensis	Wikidata: Q9047577 Wikispecies: Myrcianthes coquimbensis BOLD: 1108147 CoL: 457XX GBIF: 3188162 iNaturalist: 605961 IPNI: 945620-1 NCBI: 2025069 Open Tree of Life: 3938267 Plant List: kew-131732 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945620-1 Tropicos: 22104291 WFO: wfo-0000248008
Myrtus coquimbensis	Wikidata: Q39282331 CoL: 74533 GBIF: 3188163 IPNI: 281134-2 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281134-2 Tropicos: 22100154 WFO: wfo-0000248734

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