Location of chirraca trees (Myroxylon peruiferum, Fabaceae) in San Ramón, Alajuela starting from Juan Varela novel
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| Formaat: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publicatiedatum: | 2020 |
| Omschrijving: | Received: 02-22-2020 Approved: 03-27-2020 ABSTRACT The presence in Costa Rica of Myroxylon peruiferum trees (Fabaceae), known as chirracos or chirracas, was confirmed in 2019 based on botanical collections made in the cantons of Acosta, Mora and Santa Ana. But, there was no evidence of their presence in San Ramón, Alajuela. In November 2019 and January 2020, two collections of this species were made in the Barranca river basin in San Ramón, which were deposited in the Luis A. Fournier Origgi Herbarium (USJ) of the University of Costa Rica. The objective of this article is to show how, from the reading of the novel Juan Varela, written by Adolfo Herrera García and published in 1939, these trees were located. This research was guided by the question: Can a literary work serve as input to undertake a botanical expedition that allows to locate a species in a certain place? Answer that was affirmative. |
| Land: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Instelling: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Taal: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/43305 |
| Online toegang: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/herencia/article/view/43305 |
| Keyword: | Trees Botanical exploration Barranca river USJ herbarium Naural history Myroxylon peruiferum Literature Juan Varela Novel Árboles Exploración Botánica Río Barranca Herbario USJ Historia natural Literatura Novela |