Erythroxylum minutifolium

Erythroxylum minutifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Erythroxylaceae. It is a shrub native to Cuba and possibly Hispaniola.^[2]

Erythroxylum minutifolium
Conservation status
Extinct in the Wild  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Erythroxylaceae
Genus:	Erythroxylum
Species:	E. minutifolium
Binomial name
Erythroxylum minutifolium Griseb.
Synonyms[2]
Erythroxylum barahonense O.E.Schulz & Ekman Erythroxylum echinodendron Ekman ex Urb. Erythroxylum minutifolium var. cubense O.E.Schulz

Erythroxylum minutifolium is considered a very abundant plant in Cuba,^[3] however the IUCN Red List lists the species' synonym Erythroxylum echinodendron as extinct in the wild.^[1]

According to Plants of the World Online E. minutifolium is native to both Cuba and Hispaniola. Other sources describe it as endemic to Cuba.^[4][3] According to R. O. Prieto specimens of E. minutifolium collected in Hispaniola are actually of Erythroxylum williamsii which have been misidentified.^[4]