Guettarda retusa C.Wright (1869:124)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Areces-Mallea, 1998; GEPC, 2015; Humphreys et al., 2019; Gonzalez-Oliva, 2020; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2024)
Last (and only?) record: 1869 (Gonzalez-Oliva, 2020)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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