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maricao cimun

Byrsonima crassifolia · Malpighiaceae · all Byrsonima records · also called Byrsonima crassifolia · Wikipedia

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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in PR.
Native range
Current cited native range in PR.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

1

exact source area

Current introduced

0

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 native source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Puerto Rico (PR)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (52)
Corroboration (52 rows from 1 source)

  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    52 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Alzate2021: Alzate-Guarín, F., Muñoz, L., & Amell, A. (2021). Evaluación preliminar de la inflamabilidad de algunas especies de plantas cultivadas en Colombia. Hoehnea, 49, e492021.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Alzate2021-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 19.5”

          FLAMITS record 271.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 42”

          FLAMITS record 293.

        • “flammability value: 2”

          FLAMITS record 304.

      • “burning duration (s): 11.19”

        FLAMITS record 282; Sustainability measurement.

    • Primary study Rodriguez2016: Rodriguez, Y. C., Rodriguez, M. P. R., Mesa, F. J., Hernandez, Y. C., & Becerra, L. W. M. (2016). Flammability of plant species of pine ecosystem. Revista Cubana De Ciencias Forestales, 4, 36-47.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Rodriguez2016-1; sampling november to october.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.54”

          FLAMITS record 10976.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.64”

          FLAMITS record 10977.

        • “time to flaming (s): 11.44”

          FLAMITS record 10978.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.58”

          FLAMITS record 10979.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.52”

          FLAMITS record 10980.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.51”

          FLAMITS record 10981.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.93”

          FLAMITS record 10982.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.52”

          FLAMITS record 10983.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.48”

          FLAMITS record 10984.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.37”

          FLAMITS record 10985.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.78”

          FLAMITS record 10986.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.54”

          FLAMITS record 10987.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11264.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11265.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11266.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11267.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11268.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11269.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11270.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11271.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11272.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11273.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11274.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11275.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 14.81”

          FLAMITS record 11072.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.82”

          FLAMITS record 11073.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.79”

          FLAMITS record 11074.

        • “flaming duration (s): 1.6”

          FLAMITS record 11075.

        • “flaming duration (s): 10.72”

          FLAMITS record 11076.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.97”

          FLAMITS record 11077.

        • “flaming duration (s): 12.8”

          FLAMITS record 11078.

        • “flaming duration (s): 10.15”

          FLAMITS record 11079.

        • “flaming duration (s): 8.01”

          FLAMITS record 11080.

        • “flaming duration (s): 10.54”

          FLAMITS record 11081.

        • “flaming duration (s): 13.12”

          FLAMITS record 11082.

        • “flaming duration (s): 14.81”

          FLAMITS record 11083.

        • “burning duration (s): 62”

          FLAMITS record 11168.

        • “burning duration (s): 43”

          FLAMITS record 11169.

        • “burning duration (s): 51”

          FLAMITS record 11170.

        • “burning duration (s): 43”

          FLAMITS record 11171.

        • “burning duration (s): 46”

          FLAMITS record 11172.

        • “burning duration (s): 45”

          FLAMITS record 11173.

        • “burning duration (s): 45”

          FLAMITS record 11174.

        • “burning duration (s): 44”

          FLAMITS record 11175.

        • “burning duration (s): 43”

          FLAMITS record 11176.

        • “burning duration (s): 48”

          FLAMITS record 11177.

        • “burning duration (s): 53”

          FLAMITS record 11178.

        • “burning duration (s): 62”

          FLAMITS record 11179.

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