Ternstroemia luquillensis

{{short description|Species of plant}}

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|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1998 |title=Ternstroemia luquillensis |volume=1998 |page=e.T30966A9584714 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30966A9584714.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

|status2=LE

|status2_system=ESA

|status2_ref={{cite web|url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/7742|title=Palo colorado (Ternstroemia luquillensis)|website=Environmental Conservation Online System|publisher=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service|access-date=9 October 2023}}{{Federal Register|57|14782}}

|genus = Ternstroemia

|species = luquillensis

|authority = Krug & Urban

}}

Ternstroemia luquillensis, the palo colorado,{{PLANTS|id=TELU2|taxon=Ternstroemia luquillensis|accessdate=8 December 2015}} is a species of plant in the Pentaphylacaceae family. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is threatened by habitat loss and has been listed as an endangered species in the United States since 1992 under the Endangered Species Act

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