Lunania cubensis
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Lunania cubensis, colloquially known as Cueriduro,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae.[2]
The plant grows in montane pluvial forests in southern Cuba in the provinces of Holguín, Granma, Guantánamo, and Santiago de Cuba at elevations of Template:Cvt.[3][2][4]
Lunania cubensis was first described by Nikolai Turczaninow in 1854.[1][5]
Description
Lunania cubensis is a tree reaching up to Template:Cvt in height, characterized by glabrous branchlets. Its leaves range from oblong to elliptic-oblong, and more rarely elliptic or obovate-elliptic, with an apex that is broadly attenuate or obtuse to rounded, and a base that is very broadly attenuate to rounded. The leaves are chartaceous to subcoriaceous, infrequently firmly so, and glabrous, with margins that are often slightly revolute, undulate, or subentire. The leaves measure Template:Cvt in length and Template:Cvt in width. They are 3-nerved from the base, with the pair of lateral nerves ascending approximately half the length of the lamina, and are prominent on both faces. Other higher lateral nerves are shorter, curved-ascending, and looping within the margin in 2–3 pairs, also prominent on both faces. The veins are transverse to rather oblique, forming a slightly raised lax reticulation on both faces, mainly beneath. The petiole is Template:Cvt long. The racemes are axillary or subterminal, solitary, and measure Template:Cvt long including the peduncle, which measures Template:Cvt. The rachis and pedicels (Template:Cvt) are finely yellowish-puberulous, and the bracts are ovate, scarious, and minute. The calyx lobes are 2 in number, ovate to oblong-ovate, reflexed, and glabrous, measuring Template:Cvt in length. The stamens range from 6–8 in number, with filaments Template:Cvt long and anthers Template:Cvt long. The disk is Template:Cvt high. The ovary is ovoid-conical and glabrous, with a thick style Template:Cvt long and a subobtuse stigma that is barely 3-lobed. The fruit is globose-subtrigonous, with numerous, angular, shiny seeds measuring Template:Cvt long; the testa is foveolate.[2]
Conservation status
The entire distribution of Lunania cubensis is confined to protected areas, guaranteeing the long-term preservation of the species. Specific localities cannot be delineated, though in some regions, the habitat has experienced degradation in quality. Despite this, the species is listed as LC by the IUCN Red List. It is affected in some places by forestry and invasive plants.[3]
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