# Erubia Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/erubia Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/erubia.md Podcast: [Bad at Goodbyes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095) Published: 2025-11-12T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://badatgoodbyes.com/erubia.html Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b506f961-4ed0-4f35-89b4-e774967ed1c4.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/episodes/erubia Duration seconds: 1727 ## Resource Erubia :: Solanum ensifolium Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 060 On today’s show we learn about the Erubia, a critically endangered flowering shrub native to the US island territory of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea. (00:05) Intro (02:05) Species Information (19:24) Citations (21:02) Music (26:42) Pledge For more information about conservation in Puerto Rico, please visit Para la Naturaleza at https://paralanaturaleza.org Research for today’s show was compiled from: Eastern Connecticut State University – https://www.easternct.edu/news/_stories-and-releases/2025/01-january/easterns-greenhouse-is-a-sanctuary-for-imperiled-plants.html Gann, G.D. 2024. Solanum ensifolium. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T212065930A253642712. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T212065930A253642712.en Graham, M.R., Kaur, N., Jones, C.S. et al. A phoenix in the greenhouse: characterization and phylogenomics of complete chloroplast genomes sheds light on the putatively extinct-in-the-wild Solanum ensifolium (Solanaceae). BMC Plant Biology 25, 320 (2025). – https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06338-8 The Institute for Regional Conservation – https://www.regionalconservation.org/ircs/database/plants/PlantPagePR.asp?TXCODE=Solaensi Jankauski Mark,  Ferguson Riggs, Russell Avery and  Buchmann Stephen. 2022. Structural dynamics of real and modelled Solanum stamens: implications for pollen ejection by buzzing bees. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Volume 19 Issue 188. 1920220040 – http://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0040 National Science Foundation’s Solanaceae Source – https://solanaceaesource.myspecies.info/content/solanum-ensifolium Pascarella, John & Aide, T. Mitchell & Serrano, Mayra & Zimmerman, Jess. (2000). Land-Use History and Forest Regen… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/episodes/erubia/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/erubia.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.