''Rollinia ferruginea'' is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...

in the

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the Ma ...

family.

Description

The plant 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 else ...

to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It is restricted to forests around the city of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

.IUCN Red List: ''Rollinia ferruginea''
World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998, downloaded on 23 August 2007. It grows to a maximum of 2 m (6 ft) in height. ''Rollinia ferruginea'' has been assessed by the IUCN as being an endangered species since 1998.

References

ferruginea Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of Rio de Janeiro (state) Flora of the Atlantic Forest Endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Annonaceae-stub