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Magnoliopsida
Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) R.A. Howard
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Distribucion en Costa Rica: Se encuentra entre los 100 y 600 m sobre el nivel del mar, en la zona de Puriscal, La Cangreja (Puriscal), Cañas de Buenos Aires y la Península de Osa.
Distribucion General: De Costa Rica a Bolivia y las Antillas.
Árbol hasta de 30 m, con el tronco y la corteza de grisácea a blanco-grisácea, longitudinalmente fisurada. Ramitas de teretes a subteretes, con crecimiento simpodial. Hojas alternas generalmente subsésiles, algunas veces algo acróticas y agrupadas al final de las ramitas, obovadas, de 2 a 10 por 1 a 5 cm, con ápice de redondeado a retuso y base de aguda a decurrente, de cartáceas a subcoriáceas. Pecíolo de aproximadamente 4 a 6 mm de largo, tomentoso cuando está joven.
Flores sésiles en espigas subcapitadas. Pedúnculo de 1.5 a 7 cm de largo. Los frutos son una drupa elipsoide, de 1 a 3 por 0.8 a 2.2 cm, con endocarpo de 5 surcos.Isotype for Buchenavia vaupesana Cuatrec.
Catalog Number: US 1774669
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Verified from the card file of type specimens
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. Cuatrecasas
Year Collected: 1939
Locality: Rio Cuduyari., Vaupés, Colombia, South America
- Isotype: Cuatrecasas, J. 1950. Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 108.
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Bosques muy húmedos de bajura.
Buchenavia capitata is a tree of the Caribbean and northeastern South-American regions.[2] Its Spanish vernacular names include Granadillo (Puerto Rico),[3] Almendro (Colombia), Amarillo and Olivo negro (Venezuela), and Mirindiba and Periquiteira (Brazil).[4] Its English vernacular name is fourleaf buchenavia.[5] It is also known as Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) Howard.[6]
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Taxonomy[edit source | edit]
It belongs to the Order of Myrtales in the Class of Equisetopsida.[7] It is considered a synonym of Buchenavia tetraphylla, which is considered the accepted name.[8]
Characteristics[edit source | edit]
This tree grows to a height of 60 to 80 ft and 2 to 4 ft in diameter; has rather large buttresses, but has good log form above them.[9]
Habitat[edit source | edit]
This tree is common in the Toro Negro State Forest.[10] It is native to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.[11]
References[edit source | edit]
- ^ Buchenavia capitata (Vahl) Eichler. The Plant List: A working list of all plant species. December 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) R. Howard. "Granadillo" Combretaceae, Familia de los combretums. Peter L. Weaver. USDA Forest Service. Retrieved 11 August 2013. (Previously published in English: Weaver, Peter L. 1991. Buchenavia capitata (Vahl) Eichl. Granadillo. SO-ITF-SM-43. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.)
- ^ Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Technology Transfer Fact Sheet: Buchenavia capitata. Center for Wood Anatomy Research. USDA Forest Service. Forest Products Laboratory. Madison, WI. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) Howard. ITIS Report. Taxonomic Serial No.: 506855. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. White House Subcommittee on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics. USGS Reston, VA. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) Howard. ITIS Report. Taxonomic Serial No.: 506855. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. White House Subcommittee on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics. USGS Reston, VA. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Buchenavia capitata (Vahl) Eichler. Tropicos. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Buchenavia capitata (Vahl) Eichler. The Plant List: A working list of all plant species. December 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Technology Transfer Fact Sheet: Buchenavia capitata. Center for Wood Anatomy Research. USDA Forest Service. Forest Products Laboratory. Madison, WI. (From: Chudnoff, Martin. 1984. Tropical Timbers of the World. USDA Forest Service. Ag. Handbook No. 607.) Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) Howard. "fourleaf buchenavia". USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Plants Database. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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