Biology:Prunus huantensis

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Short description: Species of tree

Prunus huantensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. huantensis
Binomial name
Prunus huantensis
Koehne

Prunus huantensis is a South American tree native to mountain forests of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. It may be a synonym of Prunus brittoniana.[1]

Description

It is a shrub or tree up to 27 metres (89 feet) tall,[2][3] with brown lenticellate branchlets.[2] The leaves are 6.5–17 centimetres (2 126 34 inches) long, 3.5–7 cm (1 122 34 in) wide; ovate, with a rounded base; rigid, coriaceous; shortly denticulate.[2][4] Flowers arranged in an elongated raceme up to 17 cm long; sepals 1 mm long; petals up to 3 millimetres (18 in) long.[2] The fruits are black, spherical, up to 1.9 cm (34 in) wide.[2][4]

Vernacular names

Names recorded for this species are: inca-inca (in central Peru);[2] pipe (in Pataz Province, northern Peru);[5] pandala or pundé (southern Colombia);[6] sacha capulí, capulí, laurel or canelón (in Ecuador).[3][7]

Distribution and habitat

Prunus huantensis can be found in mountain forests at elevations of 2,500–3,500 m (8,200–11,500 ft),[2][8] from southern Colombia to central Peru.[2][4][8]

References

  1. Achá Macias, Serena Isabel (2013). El Género Prunus (Rosaceae) En Bolivia: Novedades En Su Sistemática (PDF) (Licenciatura). Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Macbride, J. F. (1938). "Flora of Peru". Fieldiana v.13:pt.2:no.3: 1086. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19764#page/430/mode/1up. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ganzhi, José (2006) (in es). Estudio anatómico de las especies arbóreas del bosque nublado de la Estación Científica San Francisco (Tesis). Universidad Nacional de Loja. pp. 141. http://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5188/1/ESTUDIO%20ANAT%C3%93MICO%20DE%20LAS%20ESPECIES%20ARB%C3%93REAS%20DEL%20BOSQUE%20NUBLADO.pdf. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pérez-Zabala, J. A. (2007). "Studies on the genus Prunus (Rosaceae) in the Neotropics: taxonomic and nomenclature changes for Colombia". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 64 (2): 177–190. doi:10.3989/ajbm.2007.v64.i2.173. 
  5. Lopez, Arnaldo (1995). "Catálogo de la flora del departamento de La Libertad (tercera parte)". Arnaldoa 3 (2): 65. ISSN 1815-8242. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40625441. 
  6. Muñoz, Diego; Calvache, David; Yela, José (2013). "Especies forestales con potencial agroforestal para las zonas altas en el departamento de Nariño". Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas 29 (1): 38–53. ISSN 0120-0135. http://www.cabi.org/ISC/FullTextPDF/2013/20133328637.pdf. 
  7. "Prunus huantensis Pilg". https://www.gbif.org/species/3021720. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Jorgensen, Peter; León-Yánez, Susana, eds (1999). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador". Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard 75. 

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