Range extension and re-assessment of <i>Eugenia stirpiflora</i> (O.Berg) Krug & Urb., an endemic Myrtaceae to the Virgin Islands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Caribbean archipelago is a global biodiversity hotspot, with high levels of endemism and a threatened flora. The British Virgin Islands and the US Virgin Islands, two archipelagos situated in the Caribbean Sea are no exception. Despite many decades of floristic investigation, continuing botanical surveys across the region are uncovering previously unrecorded plant populations and improving our understanding of the geographic ranges of locally restricted threatened flora. This study aims to re-evaluate the latest conservation status of Eugenia stirpiflora by examining its current spatial distribution, population numbers, main threats and conservation actions needed to ensure the species' long term survival.

New information

Thought to be endemic to the is

SUBMITTER: Barrios S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12728534 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature