Zinowiewia integerrima

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Zinowiewia integerrima is a species of tree in the family Celastraceae. It ranges from northeastern Mexico through Central America to northern Colombia.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] The plant is used medicinally.[3]

Zinowiewia integerrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Zinowiewia
Species:
Z. integerrima
Binomial name
Zinowiewia integerrima
(Turcz.) Turcz. (1859)
Synonyms[2]
  • Wimmeria integerrima Turcz. (1858)
  • Zinowiewia costaricensis Lundell (1938)
  • Zinowiewia inaequifolia L.O.Williams (1964)
  • Zinowiewia ovata Lundell (1940)
  • Zinowiewia revoluta Lundell (1987)

Trees grow up to 13 meters. It has very small, round flowers with five petals. It flowers in March and April.[4] Its fruits have one or two seeds, whereas all other Zinoweiwia species have only one seed. The leaves are also smaller than other species.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Zamora, N.A. (2021). "Zinowiewia integerrima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176094350A151999392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T176094350A151999392.en. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Zinowiewia integerrima (Turcz.) Turcz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ Muñoz-Martínez, F.; Mendoza, C. R.; Bazzocchi, I. L.; Castanys, S.; Jiménez, I. A.; Gamarro, F. (2005). "Reversion of Human Pgp-Dependent Multidrug Resistance by New Sesquiterpenes from Zinowiewia costaricensis". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48 (13): 4266–4275. doi:10.1021/jm058003f. hdl:10261/80813. PMID 15974580.
  4. ^ Robert E. Woodson, Jr., Robert W. Schery, Gabriel Edwin, Ding Hou. Flora of Panama. Part VI. Family 103. Celastraceae, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1975. ISSN 0026-6493.
  5. ^ C. L. Lundell, Studies in the American Celastraceae I. New Species of Microtropis, Wimmeria and Zinowiewia, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 65, No. 7, Oct., 1938