| Banara vanderbiltii Palo de Ramon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Banara |
| Species: | B. vanderbiltii
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| Binomial name | |
| Banara vanderbiltii | |
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Banara vanderbiltii is a rare species of plant in the willow family known by the common name Palo de Ramón. It is originates from Puerto Rico in the hills of Rio Lajas, and the east peak of "Tetas de Cayey" mountains in Salinas, where there are fewer than 20 known individuals left in the wild.[3] At the time it was listed as an endangered species of the United States in 1987, there were only six plants remaining.[4]
The plant was discovered in 1899 and named for Cornelius Vanderbilt, who financed plant-collecting expeditions.[4]
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Banara vanderbiltii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38929A10157343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38929A10157343.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154655/Banara_vanderbiltii
- ^ "Center for Plant Conservation". Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^ a b USFWS. Determination of endangered status for two Puerto Rican plants. Federal Register January 14, 1987.