Carpinus tropicalis is a species of tree native to central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Carpinus |
| Species: | C. tropicalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Carpinus tropicalis (Donn.Sm.) Lundell (1939)
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Description
editCarpinus tropicalis is small to medium-sized tree which grows up to 30 m (98 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 100 cm (39 in) in diameter.[3][1]
Range and habitat
editIn Mexico it is found in scattered locations in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, southern Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas Highlands, and Sierra Madre de Chiapas. It is also found in the highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.[1]
It is characteristic cloud forest tree, and is also found in oak, pine–oak, and pine forests, between 1,000 and 2,700 meters elevation.[3][1]
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies are accepted:
- Carpinus tropicalis subsp. mexicana Furlow – northeastern, central, and southwestern Mexico
- Carpinus tropicalis subsp. tropicalis – northeastern Mexico to Nicaragua
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Stritch, L. (2014). "Carpinus tropicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194532A2345597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194532A2345597.en. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ a b Carpinus tropicalis (Donn.Sm.) Lundell. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b Mario González-Espinosa, Jorge A. Meave, Francisco G. Lorea-Hernández, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez and Adrian C. Newton, eds (2011). The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. 2011. ISBN 9781903703281
