Mosiera longipes
Species of plant
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Mosiera longipes is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae.[2] Its common names include mangroveberry, Bahama stopper, and long-stalked stopper.[3] It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List and shows a declining population trend.[1]
| Mosiera longipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Mosiera |
| Species: | M. longipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Mosiera longipes (O.Berg) Small | |
Description
Range
Mangroveberry occurs in the Bahamas, Florida, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, [6] but may have been extirpated from Puerto Rico.[1]
Habitat
This species occurs in mostly sunny areas of hammocks and pine rockland.[5] It grows in both sand and hardened limestone along rocky coastlands,[7] but has a low tolerance for salt wind and salt or brackish water flooding.[4]
Ecology
Although nearly ubiquitous in suitable habitat in the Bahamas, mangroveberry globally has fragmented and declining populations. The main threats are residential and commercial development, wildfire suppression, and sea level rise.[1]
