''Salvadoropsis'' is a

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genus of

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s belonging to the family

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the sta ...

. It only contains one known species, ''Salvadoropsis arenicola'' H.Perrier It is native to

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

Description

''Salvadoropsis arenicola'' is a small tree. It flowers in February.

Range and habitat

''Salvadoropsis arenicola'' is

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to southwestern Madagascar, It is known known only from the coastal area around Tsimanampetsotse. There are three known subpopulations. The species' estimated

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(EOO) is 421 km², and the estimated area of occupancy (AOO) is 16 km². It is found in spiny thicket and dry deciduous forest. It grows on sand between 34 and 50 meters elevation.

Conservation and threats

The species is threatened by

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from selective logging, fire, and nomadic grazing. Its conservation status is assessed as

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Name

The genus name of ''Salvadoropsis'' is in honour of Jaime Salvador y Pedrol (1649–1740), a Spanish apothecary in Barcelona. He also collected plants in

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. The Latin specific epithet of ''arenicola'' means sand-dwelling. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.111 on page 96 in 1945.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q9073090, from2=Q17252557 Celastraceae Celastrales genera Plants described in 1945 Endemic flora of Madagascar Flora of the Madagascar spiny thickets Taxa named by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie