CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Banara vanderbiltii
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Banara vanderbiltii is Fully Sponsored |
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Primary
custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
Plants is: |
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| Banara vanderbiltii is a small evergreen shrub endemic to Puerto Rico. Adult plants have a rough, sandpaper-like textured leaves and bare, small, yellow hermaphroditic flowers that bloom from April through June and ripen into red/purplish fruits (Little et al. 1974). Two birds, the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) and stripe headed-tanager (Spindalis zena) have been observed feeding on fruits of this species (USFWS 1986a). Deforestation has been the most significant contributor to this species' endangered status (USFWS 1986c and 1986d). Currently there are fewer than twenty plants occurring in the wild, and these are located on private property (USFWS 1986a). Banara vanderbiltii is on of the 253 plants considered nearest to extinction in the United States (Hilts 1988).
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References |
Little, E.L., Jr.; Woodbury, R.O.; Wadsworth, F.H. 1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Agriculture Handbook No. 449. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
(2002). New York Botanical Garden--The Virtual Herbarium. [Searchable Web site] New York Botanical Garden. Fordham Road Bronx, New York. http://scisun.nybg.org:8890/searchdb/owa/wwwspecimen.searchform. Accessed: 2002. |
ESIS. (1998). Endangered Species System (ESIS): Fish and Wildlife Exchange. [Web site;] Virginia Tech. http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/. Accessed: 2002. |
FCONSERVE. (2002). Threatened and endangered species in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico's Conservation Foundation. http://www.tld.net/users/fconserv/List.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
USFWS. (1990). Endangered and Threatened Species Accounts. [Web page] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Endangered Species. http://ecos.fws.gov/servlet/TESSSpeciesQuery. Accessed: 2002. |
Densmore, D. 1986. Endangered Plants of our Caribbean Islands: A Unique Flora Faces Unique Problems. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 11, 3: 3-4. |
Lippincott, C. 1990. Rare Plant Rescue: Exploring the Puerto Rican Archipelago. Fairchild Tropical Garden Bulletin. |
USFWS. 1986. 18 Plants Proposed for Listing Protection. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 11, 5: 1-13. |
USFWS. 1986. Caribbean Plants. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 11, 3: 4. |
USFWS. 1986. Endangered Plants of our Caribbean Islands: A Unique Flora Faces Unique Problems. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 11, 3: 3-4. |
USFWS. 1986. Two Puerto Rico Plants. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 11, 5: 7-8. |
USFWS. 1987. Banara vanderbiltii (Palo de Ramon) -- Distribution: U.S.A. (PR). Listing information. Federal Register. 52: 1462. |
Hilts, Philip J. 1988 Tuesday, December 6. U.S. Faces Big Loss of Plant Species: Botanists Consider Emergency Measures. The Washington Post; Washington, D.C. |
Shabecoff, Philip. 1988 Tuesday, December 6. Survey Finds Native Plants in Imminent Peril. The New York Times; New York, NY. Science Times. |
USFWS. 1991. Banara vanderbiltii Recovery Plan. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p.22. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |