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harrisia portoricensis
12-22-2016

Harrisia portoricensis

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.Geocarpon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains the single species Geocarpon minimum, which is known by the common names tinytim and earth-fruit. It is a rare plant known from about 34 populations in the US states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas. There are a number of threats to its survival and it was listed as a threatened species of the United States in 1987. This plant has no children. Legal Status. Threatened and Endangered Information: This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Detailed information
Full Name: Higo Chumbo (Harrisia portoricensis)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Threatened 08/08/1990 Southeast Region (Region 4) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Higo Chumbo, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Puerto Rico
  • US Counties in which the Higo Chumbo, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Higo Chumbo, Wherever found is known to occur: Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
08/22/2016 81 FR 56692 56693 5-Year Status Reviews of 14 Caribbean Species; Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.
09/12/2005 70 FR 53807 53808 5-Year Review of Eight Southeastern Species
08/08/1990 55 FR 32252 32255 ETWP; Determination of Threatened Status for the Plant, Harrisia portoricensis (higo Chumbo); 55 FR 32252 32255
03/05/1990 55 FR 7746 7747 ETWP; Notice to Reopen Comment Period of Petition to List the California, Oregon, and Washington Population of the Marbled Murrelet as a Threatened Species; 55 FR 7746 7747
10/18/1989 54 FR 42813 42816 ETWP; Proposed Threatened Status for Harrisia portoricensis; 54 FR 42813 42816
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Higo Chumbo.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
11/12/1996 Recovery Plan For Higo Chumbo View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
11/12/1996 Recovery Plan For Higo Chumbo View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
08/22/2016 81 FR 56692 56693 5-Year Status Reviews of 14 Caribbean Species; Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
09/12/2005 70 FR 53807 53808 5-Year Review of Eight Southeastern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review
Date
Title
01/20/2010 Higo Chumbo (Harrisia portoricensis) 5-Year Review
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