Cnidoscolus fragrans (Kunth) Pohl (1827:63)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Jatropha fragrans Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 105 (1817)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Areces-Mallea, 1998; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024) or Invalid (synonym of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius aconitifolius) (POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1800's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
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