Elaeocarpus bojeri

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Oxalidales

Familia: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Elaeocarpus
Species: Elaeocarpus bojeri
Name

Elaeocarpus bojeri R.E.Vaughan, 1937
Synonyms

Elaeocarpus grandiflorus Boj.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa
Regional: Mascareñas
Mauritius

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Vaughan, R.E., 1937. Mauritius Institute Bulletin 1(1): 17.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Elaeocarpus bojeri. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 10. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Elaeocarpus bojeri in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Elaeocarpus bojeri. Published online. Accessed: Apr 10 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Elaeocarpus bojeri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Bois dentelle
lietuvių: Bodžera eļļassēklis

Elaeocarpus bojeri, locally known as a bois dentelle ('lace wood' in French), descriptive of its delicate white flowers)[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family.[1] The species was once only found close to an Indian temple at Grand Bassin in Mauritius, where fewer than ten individuals were known to grow in the 1990s.[1][2]
Conservation
Elaeocarpus bojeri seed pods, in the gardens of Monvert Nature Park

It is not threatened because of being exploited itself, rather because its environment is being overrun by more commercially attractive alien species such as guava and Litsea monopetala.[citation needed]
See also

List of Elaeocarpus species

References

Page, W. (1998). "Elaeocarpus bojeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30553A9562599. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30553A9562599.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Atlas Obscura: The Last Two Bois Dentelle Trees Visited 21 May 2016.