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Zinowiewia integerrima

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Species of tree

Zinowiewia integerrima
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Zinowiewia
Species: Z. integerrima
Binomial name
Zinowiewia integerrima
(Turcz.) Turcz. (1859)
Synonyms
  • Wimmeria integerrima Turcz. (1858)
  • Zinowiewia costaricensis Lundell (1938)
  • Zinowiewia inaequifolia L.O.Williams (1964)
  • Zinowiewia ovata Lundell (1940)
  • Zinowiewia revoluta Lundell (1987)

Zinowiewia integerrima is a species of tree in the family Celastraceae. It ranges from northeastern Mexico through Central America to northern Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss. The plant is used medicinally.

Trees grow up to 13 meters. It has very small, round flowers with five petals. It flowers in March and April. Its fruits have one or two seeds, whereas all other Zinoweiwia species have only one seed. The leaves are also smaller than other species.

References

  1. ^ Zamora, N.A. (2021). "Zinowiewia integerrima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176094350A151999392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T176094350A151999392.en. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Zinowiewia integerrima (Turcz.) Turcz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. Muñoz-Martínez, F.; Mendoza, C. R.; Bazzocchi, I. L.; Castanys, S.; Jiménez, I. A.; Gamarro, F. (2005). "Reversion of Human Pgp-Dependent Multidrug Resistance by New Sesquiterpenes from Zinowiewia costaricensis". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48 (13): 4266–4275. doi:10.1021/jm058003f. hdl:10261/80813. PMID 15974580.
  4. Robert E. Woodson, Jr., Robert W. Schery, Gabriel Edwin, Ding Hou. Flora of Panama. Part VI. Family 103. Celastraceae, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1975. ISSN 0026-6493.
  5. C. L. Lundell, Studies in the American Celastraceae I. New Species of Microtropis, Wimmeria and Zinowiewia, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 65, No. 7, Oct., 1938
Taxon identifiers
Zinowiewia integerrima


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