Mosiera longipes
| Mosiera longipes | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Mosiera |
| Species: | M. longipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Mosiera longipes (O.Berg) Small | |
Mosiera longipes is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae.[3] Its common names include mangroveberry, Bahama stopper, and long-stalked stopper.[4] It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List and shows a declining population trend.[1]
Description
[edit]Mangroveberry is a medium-sized shrub, rarely becoming a small tree. [5] It has wide-spreading branches and very short trunks. The opposite leaves are oval and shiny, the flowers have four white to pink petals and a tuft of prominent stamens, and the round fruit ripens from red to black.[6]
Range
[edit]Mangroveberry occurs in the Bahamas, Florida, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Turks and Caicos Islands,[7] but may have been extirpated from Puerto Rico.[1]
Habitat
[edit]This species occurs in mostly sunny areas of hammocks and pine rockland.[6] It grows in both sand and hardened limestone along rocky coastlands,[8] but has a low tolerance for salt wind and salt or brackish water flooding.[5]
Ecology
[edit]Although nearly ubiquitous in suitable habitat in the Bahamas, mangroveberry globally has fragmented and declining populations. The main threats are residential and commercial development, wildfire suppression, and sea level rise.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Bahama Stopper (Mosiera longipes)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Psidium longipes". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Mangroveberry (Mosiera longipes)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Mosiera longipes". North Carolina Botanical Garden. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Long-stalked Stopper (Mosiera longipes)". Institute for Regional Conservation. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Mangroveberry" (PDF). Florida Natural Areas Inventory. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Mosiera longipes". Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Mosiera longipes". Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
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