''Bernardia trelawniensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the euphorb family,

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Cockpit Country Cockpit Country is an area in Trelawny and Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Ann, Manchester and the northern tip of Clarendon parishes in Jamaica. The land is marked by steep-sided hollows, as much as deep in places, which are separated ...

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

. The authors of a 2008 publication reclassified the species as Critically Endangered according to the

IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...

guidelines.Jestrow, B., Proctor, G., & Francisco-Ortega, J. (2008)
''Lasiocroton trelawniensis'' (Euphorbiaceae), a critically endangered species from the Cockpit Country of Jamaica, belongs to ''Bernardia'' (Euphorbiaceae).
''The Botanical Review'', 74(1), 166-177.

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Acalyphoideae Endangered plants Endemic flora of Jamaica Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Euphorbiaceae-stub