Asimina rugelii
Asimina rugelii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Annonaceae |
Genus: | Asimina |
Species: | A. rugelii
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Binomial name | |
Asimina rugelii B.L.Rob. | |
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Asimina rugelii is a rare species of flowering plant in the custard apple family known by the common names Rugel's pawpaw, Rugel's false pawpaw, and yellow squirrel banana. It is endemic to Volusia County, Florida, in the United States, where there are fewer than 5000 plants remaining in severely fragmented habitat.[4] The main threat to this species is habitat destruction and degradation.[1][5] It was federally listed as an endangered species in 1986.[1][3]
Formerly in the genus Deeringothamnus, the species has been moved back into
This plant occurs in
References
- ^ a b c d NatureServe (5 January 2024). "Deeringothamnus rugelii". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Rugel's pawpaw (Deeringothamnus rugelii)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ a b 51 FR 34415
- ^ a b c d USFWS. Rugel's Pawpaw Five-year Review. September 2008.
- ^ Deeringothamnus rugelii. Center for Plant Conservation.
- S2CID 85856774.
- ^ Deeringothamnus rugelii. Flora of North America.
- ^ Goodrich, K. R. and R. A. Raguso. (2009). The olfactory component of floral display in Asimina and Deeringothamnus (Annonaceae). New Phytologist 183 457-69.
- ^ Walker JW (1971) Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 202: 1-130.
- ^ Deeringothamnus pulchellus. Flora of North America.
- ^ Norman, E. M. (2003). Reproductive biology of Deeringothamnus rugelii and D. pulchellus (Annonaceae). Taxon 52:3 547-55.