Sloanea berteroana

Sloanea berteroana is a tree of the Caribbean region. The name is often misspelled as Sloanea berteriana.[note 1] Its vernacular names include montillo and bullwood.[1] It is native to Puerto Rico.[2] This tree is common in the Toro Negro State Forest.[3]

Sloanea berteroana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Sloanea
Species:
S. berteroana
Binomial name
Sloanea berteroana
Choisy ex DC.

Notes

References

  1. ECOLOGICAL UNITS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES: FIRST APPROXIMATION. James E. Keys, Jr.; Constance A. Carpenter; Susan L. Hooks; Frank G. Koenig; W. Henry McNab; Walter E. Russell; Marie-Louis Smith. USDA Forest Service. Southern Region; Eastern Region. Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. Northeastern and North Central Forest Experiment Stations. Southern Research Station. Washington Office. 1995. (Keys, Jr.,J.; Carpenter, C.; Hooks, S.; Koenig, F.; McNab, W.H.; Russell, W.; Smith, M.L. 1995. Ecological units of the eastern United States - first approximation (cd-rom), Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. GIS coverage in ARCINFO format, selected imagery, and map unit tables.) Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. Sloanea berteriana (sic) Choisy ex DC. bullwood. USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Plants Database. 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. Puerto Rico Statewide Assessment and Strategies for Forest Resources. Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Government of Puerto Rico. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. (n.d.; ca., 2011) Page 88. Retrieved 3 August 2013.


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