Cordia rupicola

Cordia rupicola is a Strauchart from the kind of Kordien ( Cordia ) in the family of Boraginaceae ( Boraginaceae ). The species is on Puerto Rico and Anegada, the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands, native.

An English name for the species is " Puerto Rico Manjack ".

Description

Cordia rupicola grows as a relatively small woody shrub; it reaches heights of growth of about 1.5 to 5 meters. Its leaves are oval -elliptic and 2-9 inches long. Upper hand, the leaves are rough; the lower leaf surface is hairy. The petiole is about 2 to 10 millimeters long.

The flowers are small and white. The red fruit is about 4 by 4 millimeters in size and contains a single seed.

Distribution and location

Cordia rupicola is a rare, endangered plant. It was assumed that it is endemic to Puerto Rico, have been described up to 1987 occurrences on Anegada.

For the first time the plant was in 1886 in Puerto Rico, in Los Indios, located between Guayanilla and the district Barinas in Yauco, discovered. A year later, she was found in Guánica. On the offshore island of Vieques Puerto Rico individual specimens have been found. 1995 15 copies at El Peñón were found in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. This site is a subtropical dry forest on limestone; to the growing tree species there are Bourreria succulenta var succulenta, Bucida buceras and Bursera simaruba. The average rainfall is there under 66 centimeters.

Two proved reserves on Anegada are in the western part of the island, covering an area of ​​less than 5 km ². Cordia rupicola grows there on limestone and sand dunes, but seems to prefer limestone something.

System

The first description of Ignaz Urban was published in 1899. A synonym is Varronia rupicola (Urban ) Britt.