Mamoncillo
Annona cascarilloides
Annona cascarilloides is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba.
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Taxonomy & Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Magnoliales
Family
Annonaceae
Genus
Annona
Mamoncillo belongs to the family Annonaceae, order Magnoliales, within the Magnoliopsida class.
Species Profile
Annona cascarilloides is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba. According to William Edwin Safford, the species was named it after the pattern of its leaf veins which resemble species of a different genus, that at the time Safford was writing was called Cascarilla, but is now synonymous with the genera Croton and Ladenbergia. Despite this assertion by Safford, August Grisebach, the German botanist who first formally described the species, makes no mention of Cascarilla in his 1866 entry.
Mamoncillo (Annona cascarilloides) is critically endangered primarily due to severe habitat loss and fragmentation from agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited range in Colombia. The species has an extremely restricted distribution and small population size, making it highly vulnerable to any environmental changes or human activities in its remaining habitat.
Key Facts
Habitat & Distribution
Grows on the western side of the island and flowers in June.
Threats
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered
Mamoncillo (Annona cascarilloides) is critically endangered primarily due to severe habitat loss and fragmentation from agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited range in Colombia. The species has an extremely restricted distribution and small population size, making it highly vulnerable to any environmental changes or human activities in its remaining habitat.
Agricultural expansion
Extremely restricted range
Habitat loss and fragmentation
Small population size
Urban development
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Sources & Attribution
How to Cite
IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS
GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org
This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Mamoncillo (Annona cascarilloides). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/mamoncillo