Sideroxylon cubense

Sideroxylon cubense is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae.^[2] It is native to Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico.^[1]

Sideroxylon cubense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Sideroxylon
Species:	S. cubense
Binomial name
Sideroxylon cubense (Griseb.) T.D.Penn.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Bumelia conferta (C.Wright) Pierre Bumelia cubensis Griseb. Bumelia gymnanthifolia Bisse & J.E.Gut. Bumelia neglecta Bisse & J.E.Gut., nom. illeg. Dipholis angustifolia Urb. Dipholis cubensis (Griseb.) Pierre Dipholis domingensis Pierre & Urb. Dipholis leptopoda Urb. & Ekman Dipholis sintenisiana Pierre Sideroxylon confertum C.Wright

Taxonomy

Sideroxylon confertum was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 1998 IUCN Red List, where it was considered endemic to Cuba,^[3] but as of January 2023^[update] was treated as a junior synonym within the more widely distributed S. cubense.^[1]