Cannabaceae
Trema

Trema lamarckianum (Schult.) Blume

First published in Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida to Caribbean. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A shrub or small tree to 7 m tall or more, with slender, rough-pubescent twigs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves more or less lance-oblong, 2–6 cm long, acute at apex, very rough on upper side, reticulate-veined and finely tomentose beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers greenish, ca. 2 mm across when open
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Drupe ovoid, 2.8–3 mm long, red, glabrous.
Distribution
Grand Cayman, Little Cayman Florida and the West Indies south to St. Vincent.
Ecology
Often common in thickets and on the borders of woodlands. The Cayman plants grow in sandy soils or in fragmented coral limestone.
[Cayman]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135821499/135821501

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0