# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Lepanthes eltoroensis From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2021-06-16 · Effective 2021-07-16 · 86 FR 31972
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-12528
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 31972
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2021-06-16
- **Effective date:** 2021-07-16
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2019-0073
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are removing Lepanthes eltoroensis (no common name), an orchid species from Puerto Rico, from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants, due to recovery. This determination is based on a thorough review of the best available scientific and commercial information, which indicates that the threats to the species have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Accordingly, the prohibitions and conservation measures provided by the Act will no longer apply to this species.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/16/2021-12528/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removal-of-lepanthes-eltoroensis-from-the-federal-list)
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