Guettarda retusa

[Melanie]

Range An endemic tree discovered in the mid 19th century in Loma Pelada, Los Palacios, Pinar del Ríos Province, Cuba Thorough searches for the species over the past 25 years have been unable to locate it.
Threats Its habitat has been severely degraded by cutting and clearing.

[Melanie]

GUETTARDA RETUSA C. Wright; Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Habana 6: I24. 1869 TYPE LOCALITY: La Loma Pelada, Palacios, Pinar del Rio. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality and to me only from the description which is insufficient to enable me to group the species.

[alex]

is also mentioned as extinct here:

R. Berazaín: The extinct Flora of Cuba. Bissea, Vol. 3(2) 2009

see also here:

www.uh.cu/centros/jbn/descargas/bissea/bissea%203(2)%20june%202009%20english.pdf