Dendropemon caymanensis Proctor (1977:403)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1991 (Burton & Roberts, 2014)
Rediscovered in January 2018
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
Biology & Ecology
An epiphyte that is hemiparasitic on Headache Bush (Capparis cynophallophora) and the Black Candlewood (Erithalis fruticosa) (Baena et al., 2018).
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Proctor, Phytologia 35: 403 (1977).
Other references:
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Burton, F. J. (2008). Threatened Plants of the Cayman Islands: The Red List. Kew Publishing.
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