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
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and Strong, M. T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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]
Howard, R. A. (ed.). (1974). Flora of the Lesser Antilles; Leeward and Windward Islands. Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 6 vols, 1974-1989.
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]
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