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Guettarda insularis
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Guettarda
Species:	G. insularis
Binomial name
Guettarda insularis Brandeegee (1924)

Guettarda insularis is a species of flowering plant. It is a large shrubby tree native to Socorro Island, the largest of the Revillagigedo Islands which lie west of Mexico's Pacific coast.

Guettarda insularis is prominent in Socorro's higher-elevation forests, which occur between 350 and 850 meters (1,150 and 2,790 ft) elevation. Other forest canopy trees include Ilex socorroensis, Sideroxylon socorrense, and Psidium oligospermum.

The fruit of the tree is eaten by the Socorro parakeet (Psittacara brevipes).

References

1. Fuentes, A.C.D.; Martínez Salas, E.; Samain, M.-S. (2021). "Guettarda insularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T188995382A194048648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T188995382A194048648.en. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
2. "Guettarda insularis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
3. ^ Ricardo Rodriguez-Estrella, Eustolia Mata, Laura Rivera, Ecological Notes on the Green Parakeet of Isla Socorro, Mexico, The Condor, Volume 94, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Pages 523–525, https://doi.org/10.2307/1369224

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