# Attilaea

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|status = EN
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name = iucn>Fuentes, A.C.D., Martínez Salas, E. & Samain, M.-S. 2020. ''[https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136749940/137376019 Attilaea abalak]''. The [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species) 2020: e.T136749940A137376019. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T136749940A137376019.en. Accessed 2 January 2024.</ref>
|genus = Attilaea
|parent_authority = E.Martínez & Ramos (2007)
|species = abalak
|authority = E.Martínez & Ramos (2007)
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'''''Attilaea abalak''''' is a species of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant) belonging to the family [Anacardiaceae](/source/Anacardiaceae). It is a shrub or small tree native to [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala) and southeastern [Mexico](/source/Mexico).<ref>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77086475-1 ''Attilaea abalak'' E.Martínez & Ramos]. ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 1 January 2024.</ref> It is the sole species in the monotypic genus '''''Attilaea'''''.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Attilaea E.Martínez & Ramos {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77086474-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=1 January 2024|language=en}}</ref>

''Attilaea abalak'' is a shrub, liana, or small tree, growing up to 12 (–15) meters long with a trunk 4–5 (–10) cm in diameter. It is native to [dry](/source/Yucat%C3%A1n_dry_forests) and [moist](/source/Yucat%C3%A1n_moist_forests) lowland forest on the [Yucatán Peninsula](/source/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula) of Mexico (Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo) and northern Belize and Guatemala, from sea level to 200 meters elevation. It grows only on outcrops of [gypsum](/source/gypsum) and [limestone](/source/limestone). The species has a small range and population, and is threatened with habitat loss from quarrying of limestone and gypsum, and from increasingly frequent fires.<ref name = iucn/>

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Category:Anacardiaceae
Category:Anacardiaceae genera
Category:Monotypic Sapindales genera
Category:Flora of Southeastern Mexico
Category:Flora of Guatemala
Category:Plants described in 2007
Category:Flora of the Yucatán Peninsula

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