Zinowiewia integerrima
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Zinowiewia |
| Species: | Z. integerrima
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| Binomial name | |
| Zinowiewia integerrima (Turcz.) Turcz. (1859)
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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]
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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Zinowiewia integerrima (Turcz.) Turcz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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