{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Zanthoxylum thomasianum.jpg |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |year=2022 |title=''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' |volume=2022 |article-number=e.T208167630A208355662 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T208167630A208355662.en |language=en |access-date=7 April 2026}}</ref> |genus = Zanthoxylum |species = punctatum |authority = Vahl<ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' Vahl |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775977-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=7 April 2026}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Subspecies |subdivision = *''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' subsp. ''obtriangulare'' {{small|(Urb.) Reynel}} *''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' subsp. ''punctatum'' *''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' subsp. ''thomasianum'' {{small|(Krug & Urb.) Reynel}} |subdivision_ref = <ref name=powo /> |synonyms = species synonyms: * ''Tobinia punctata'' <small>(Vahl) Griseb.</small>
synonyms of subsp. ''obtriangulare'': * ''Fagara obtriangularis'' {{small|Urb.}} * ''Zanthoxylum obtriangulare'' {{small|(Urb.) J.Jiménez Alm.}}
synonyms of subsp. ''punctatum'': * ''Fagara trifoliata'' <small>Sw.</small> * ''Tobinia ternata'' <small>(Sw.) Desv.</small> * ''Zanthoxylum ternatum'' <small>Sw.</small> * ''Zanthoxylum trifoliatum'' {{small|(Sw.) W.Wright}}
synonyms of subsp. ''thomasianum'': * ''Fagara thomasiana'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} * ''Zanthoxylum thomasianum'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo /> }}
'''''Zanthoxylum punctatum''''', also known as the , is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a shrub or tree of the Caribbean, where it is native to the Bahamas, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name = powo/> Its natural habitats are tropical dry broadleaf forests and tropical dry scrub. It is threatened by habitat loss.<ref name = iucn/>
Three subspecies are accepted:<ref name = powo/> *''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' subsp. ''obtriangulare'' {{small|(Urb.) Reynel}} – Dominican Republic *''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' subsp. ''punctatum'' – Bahamas, Hispaniola, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Windward Islands *''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' subsp. ''thomasianum'' {{small|(Krug & Urb.) Reynel}} – Virgin Islands
Subspecies ''thomasianum'', known as '''St. Thomas prickly-ash''', is native to Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands, where it grows in dry forest and dry scrub.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Bárrios, S. |author2=Hamilton, M.A. |date=2020 |title=''Zanthoxylum thomasianum'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T44007A183184159 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44007A183184159.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> and is the only plant species on St. John listed as "endangered".<ref>P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, [http://www.botany.si.edu/antilles/PRFlora/stjohns/introduction.pdf FLORA OF ST. JOHN, U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317122341/http://www.botany.si.edu/antilles/PRFlora/stjohns/introduction.pdf |date=2012-03-17 }}, MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: 78: 1581. 1996.</ref>
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punctatum Category:Flora of the Bahamas Category:Flora of the Dominican Republic Category:Flora of Haiti Category:Flora of the Leeward Islands Category:Flora of the Netherlands Antilles Category:Flora of Puerto Rico Category:Flora of Trinidad and Tobago Category:Flora of the Windward Islands Category:Least concern flora of the Caribbean Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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