Mosiera longipes
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Mosiera |
| Species: | M. longipes |
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Mosiera longipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. Its common names include mangroveberry, Bahama stopper, and long-stalked stopper. It is a tree native to parts of the Caribbean and southern Florida.
The species is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List and shows a declining population trend.
Description
Mangroveberry is a medium-sized shrub, rarely becoming a small tree. It has wide-spreading branches and very short trunks. The opposite leaves are oval and shiny, the flowers have four white to pink petals and a tuft of prominent stamens, and the round fruit ripens from red to black.
Range
Mangroveberry occurs in the Bahamas, Florida, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, but may have been extirpated from Puerto Rico.
Habitat
This species occurs in mostly sunny areas of hammocks and pine rockland. It grows in both sand and hardened limestone along rocky coastlands, but has a low tolerance for salt wind and salt or brackish water flooding.
Ecology
Although nearly ubiquitous in suitable habitat in the Bahamas, mangroveberry globally has fragmented and declining populations. The main threats are residential and commercial development, wildfire suppression, and sea level rise.
References
- 1 2 3 "Bahama Stopper (Mosiera longipes)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Psidium longipes". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Myrtus orbicularis (O.Berg) Burret". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ "Mangroveberry (Mosiera longipes)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Mosiera longipes". North Carolina Botanical Garden. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Long-stalked Stopper (Mosiera longipes)". Institute for Regional Conservation. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Mangroveberry" (PDF). Florida Natural Areas Inventory. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Mosiera longipes". Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Mosiera longipes". Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
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