Pleodendron costaricense (Canellaceae), a new species for Costa Rica
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| Authors: | , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Description: | Pleodendron costaricense, a very rare, lowland rainforest tree known from southern Pacific Costa Rica is described and illustrated. Its only congener, P. macranthum, grows about 2000 km to the northeast, in Puerto Rico. The only other member of the family Canellaceae known from Central America is the mostly West Indian, Canella winterana, which reaches the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19758 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/19758 |
| Keyword: | Canellaceae Pleodendron Central America Costa Rica West Indies disjunct |