Cornus peruviana is a species of tree in the family Cornaceae native to montane forests of southern Central America and western South America, from Costa Rica and Venezuela south to Bolivia.[3][4]
| Cornus peruviana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Cornaceae |
| Genus: | Cornus |
| Subgenus: | Cornus subg. Yinquania |
| Species: | C. peruviana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cornus peruviana J.F.Macbr.
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Description
editCornus peruviana is a small to a large tree up to 20 meters tall, and flowering at 3 meters high. Trees flower and fruit year round.[5]
Range and habitat
editCornus peruviana is native to the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica (Puntarenas and San Jose provinces), and the northern Andes of Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, and Nariño departments), Venezuela (Táchira state), Ecuador (Pichincha Province), Peru (Amazonas, Apurímac, and San Martín departments), and Bolivia (Ayopaya Province).[5]
Its typical habitats are forested slopes and stream banks in montane forests between 1,800 and 3,400 meters elevation.[5]
References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). 2021. Cornus peruviana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T130049691A194002617. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T130049691A194002617.en. Accessed 19 November 2022.
- ^ The Plant List, Cornus peruviana J.F.Macbr.
- ^ "Tropicos | Name - Cornus peruviana J.F. Macbr". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
- ^ Macbride, J.F. (1959). "Cornaceae". Flora of Peru. Vol. 13 pt.5 no.1. Field Museum. pp. 44–45.
- ^ a b c Murrell, Z. E. (1996). A New Section of Cornus in South and Central America. Systematic Botany, 21(3), 273–288. https://doi.org/10.2307/2419659