Xylosma serrata (Sw.) Urb. (1899:371)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Lightfootia serrata Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 83 (1788); Prockia serrata (Sw.) Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 1213 (1799); Thiodia serrata (Sw.) Endl. in W.G.Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 204 (1843); Myroxylon serratum (Sw.) Krug & Urb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 295 (1892)
Conservation Status
Missing (Bárrios, 2015) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record (disputed): 1980 (Bárrios, 2015); 1997 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Great Alps Falls, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Bárrios, S. (2015). Xylosma serrata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T16757142A16757248. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16757142A16757248.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2015.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
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Howard, R. A. (ed.). (1974). Flora of the Lesser Antilles; Leeward and Windward Islands, vol. 1. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 25 May 2024]
Sleumer, H. O. (1980). Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22: 1-500.
Vojtek, Ján. (2020). Refining extinction estimations for plants of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). MSc dissertation, Queen Mary, University of London. https://doi.org/10.34885/185