Manilkara spectabilis

Manilkara spectabilis, or bully tree[4] (not to be confused with other trees with the same common name), is a little-understood, critically endangered species of tree in the sapodilla family. It has only ever been collected for botanical study once, from a single site near Limón in the Atlantic coastal forests of Costa Rica. It is believed to be endemic to this lowland region, the rainforests of which, though once unbroken, are now honeycombed by ongoing logging operations.[1]

Manilkara spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Manilkara
Species:
M. spectabilis
Binomial name
Manilkara spectabilis
Synonyms[2][3]

Mimusops spectabilis Pittier

References
  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Manilkara spectabilis in IUCN 2009". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  2. Trop. Woods 1932, No. 31, 45. "Plant Name Details for Manilkara spectabilis". IPNI. Retrieved January 21, 2010. Notes: Mimusops spectabilis
  3. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 465, fig. 91. 1912 "Plant Name Details for Mimusops spectabilis". IPNI. Retrieved January 21, 2010. nomenclatural synonym: Sapotaceae Manilkara spectabilis
  4. "Name - Manilkara spectabilis (Pittier) Standl". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 23, 2010.


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