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Prunus buxifolia

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Prunus buxifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. buxifolia
Binomial name
Prunus buxifolia
Synonyms[2]

Prunus betancurii Schult. & García-Barr

Prunus buxifolia is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae.[2][3] It is endemic to Colombia,[2][4] where it is called chuwacá.

Distribution and habitat

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Prunus buxifolia is native to the montane forests of the eastern Colombian Andes, between 2,500 and 3,650 metres (8,200 and 11,980 feet) of elevation.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Lopez-Gallego, C. & Morales M, P. 2020. Prunus buxifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T153324023A153324026. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T153324023A153324026.es. Downloaded on 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Pérez-Zabala, Jorge A. (2007). "Estudios sobre el género Prunus (Rosaceae) en el Neotrópico: novedades taxonómicas y nomenclaturales para Colombia" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 64 (2): 177–190. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b Alcázar Caicedo, Carolina (2011). "Regeneración natural bajo el dosel de Aegiphila bogotensis, Persea mutisii y Prunus buxifolia en los bosques Altoandinos de la Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia". Perez Arbelaezia (in Spanish). 20: 164–165.
  4. ^ Koehne, Bernhard Adalbert Emil 1915. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52: 312-313 description in Latin, commentary in German