| Cornus peruviana | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Cornaceae |
| Genus: | Cornus |
| Subgenus: | Cornus subg. Yinquania |
| Species: | C. peruviana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cornus peruviana J.F.Macbr.
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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Cornus peruviana is a species of tree in the family Cornaceae native to montane forests of southern Central America and western South America, from Costa Rica and Venezuela south to Bolivia. [3] [4]
Description
Cornus peruviana is a small to a large tree up to 20 meters tall, and flowering at 3 meters high. Trees flower and fruit year round. [5]
Range and habitat
Cornus peruviana is native to the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica ( Puntarenas and San Jose provinces), and the northern Andes of Colombia ( Antioquia, Cundinamarca, and Nariño departments), Venezuela ( Táchira state), Ecuador ( Pichincha Province), Peru ( Amazonas, Apurímac, and San Martín departments), and Bolivia ( Ayopaya Province). [5]
Its typical habitats are forested slopes and stream banks in montane forests between 1,800 and 3,400 meters elevation. [5]
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). 2021. Cornus peruviana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T130049691A194002617. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T130049691A194002617.en. Accessed 19 November 2022.
- ^ The Plant List, Cornus peruviana J.F.Macbr.
- ^ "Tropicos | Name - Cornus peruviana J.F. Macbr". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
- ^ Macbride, J.F. (1959). "Cornaceae". Flora of Peru. Vol. 13 pt.5 no.1. Field Museum. pp. 44–45.
- ^ a b c Murrell, Z. E. (1996). A New Section of Cornus in South and Central America. Systematic Botany, 21(3), 273–288. https://doi.org/10.2307/2419659