Biology:Pochota
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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Pochota Ram.Goyena (1909)[3] |
| Species: | P. fendleri
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| Pochota fendleri (Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte (2015)[2]
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Pochota fendleri, commonly known as pupumjoche,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pochota.[3] Pochota fendleri is a tree which ranges from Central America (Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) to Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil (Amazonas and Roraima).[2]
Pochota fendleri is a medium-sized or large tree which grows 10 to 35 meters tall. It flowers from January to April and June and August, and fruits throughout the year.[1]
It grows mostly in lowland dry forests and seasonally humid forests, from sea level to 1,350 meters elevation.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Zamora, N.A. (2022). "Pochota fendleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T61786620A162594989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T61786620A162594989.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61786620/162594989. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pochota fendleri (Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pochota Ram.Goyena. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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