PLANTS Profile for Conostegia rufescens (Luquillo Mountain snailwood)

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PLANTS Profile

Conostegia rufescens Naud.
Luquillo Mountain snailwood

Symbol:

CORU17

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Melastomataceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

More Information:

Synonyms:
Conostegia rufescens Naud.

	COHO2	Conostegia hotteana Urb. & Ekman
	COPU5	Conostegia puberula Naud.

Distribution:
Conostegia rufescens Naud.


View Native Status

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USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Conostegia rufescens Naud.

View 23 genera in Melastomataceae, 1 species in Conostegia

Classification:
Conostegia rufescens Naud.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Melastomataceae – Melastome family
Genus	Conostegia D. Don – snailwood
Species	Conostegia rufescens Naud. – Luquillo Mountain snailwood

Introduced Information:
Conostegia rufescens Naud.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Conostegia rufescens Naud.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565081.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 12:29 PM CDT