Lucuma capacifolia
| Lucuma capacifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Lucuma |
| Species: | L. capacifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Lucuma capacifolia (Pilz) Swenson
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pouteria capacifolia Pilz | |
Lucuma capacifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae.[2] It is a tree endemic to northwestern Ecuador, where it is known as mamey. It is native to the provinces of Esmeraldas, Manabí, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, and Pichincha, where it grows in lowland and foothill evergreen tropical moist forest from 80 to 920 meters elevation. It threatened by habitat loss from the deforestation and conversion to agriculture of its native forests. It has an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of 9,949 km2, and an area of occupancy of 72 km2, and its remaining populations are often small and fragmented. The species is assessed as endangered by the IUCN.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Román-RR, R., Miranda Moyano, N., Moya Marcalla, G.F. & Fernández Fernández, D. (2025). "Pouteria capacifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025: e.T35822A126576437. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Lucuma capacifolia (Pilz) Swenson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
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