Sideroxylon socorrense

Sideroxylon socorrense is a plant species in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, native to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands[1] and to the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa and Nayarit on the Mexican mainland.[2]

Sideroxylon socorrense
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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. (1990)
Synonyms[2]

Bumelia socorrensis Brandegee (1901)

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.[3] 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)[4] and the Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni) which presently only survives in captivity.[5] Similar as in other Sideroxylon, these birds might be crucial for the present species' reproduction.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b Sideroxylon socorrense (Brandegee) T.D.Penn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ Brattstrom, Bayard H. & Howell (1956), WCMC (1998)
  4. ^ BLI (2007a)
  5. ^ BLI (2007b)

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