Styrax portoricensis Krug & Urb. (1892:337)
Palo de Jazmin
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1954 (USFWS, 1992:14782)
Rediscoverd in November 1982 by Roy Woodbury (USFWS, 1992:14782)
Distribution & Habitat
Puerto Rico
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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