Sideroxylon socorrense
Sideroxylon socorrense is a plant species in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, occurring only on Socorro in[2] the Revillagigedo Islands.[3]
| Sideroxylon socorrense | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Sideroxylon |
| Species: | S. socorrense |
| Binomial name | |
| Sideroxylon socorrense (Brandegee) T.D.Penn. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bumelia socorrensis | |
On its island home, this small tree grows in habitat that is at least seasonally humid. This restricts it mainly to a belt of woodland between 650 and 900 m above mean sea level, except on the northern side where wetter conditions predominate.[4] It is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to the adverse effects of introduced sheep grazing and the twice-yearly swarming of the locust Schistocerca piceifrons, a non-native pest that has become established on Socorro more recently.
The fruits of this plant are among the favorite foods of the nearly-extinct Socorro mockingbird (Mimus graysoni)[5] and the Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni) which presently only survives in captivity.[6] Similar as in other Sideroxylon, these birds might be crucial for the present species' reproduction.
Footnotes
- Machuca Machuca, K.; Martínez Salas, E.; Samain, M.-S. (2021). "Sideroxylon socorrense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T36061A126293633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T36061A126293633.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- "And" in WCMC (1998) is an error.
- CMICD (2007)
- Brattstrom, Bayard H. & Howell (1956), WCMC (1998)
- BLI (2007a)
- BLI (2007b)
References
- BirdLife International (2020). "Mimus graysoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22711084A179825007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22711084A179825007.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2007b): Socorro Dove – BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-NOV-24.
- Brattstrom, Bayard H. & Howell, Thomas R. (1956). "The Birds of the Revilla Gigedo Islands, Mexico" (PDF). Condor. 58 (2): 107–120. doi:10.2307/1364977. JSTOR 1364977.
- California/Mexico Island Conservation Database (CMICD) (2007): Plant accounts: Socorro. Retrieved 2007-NOV-13.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Sideroxylon socorrense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T36061A9971747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36061A9971747.en.