Carpinus tropicalis
Carpinus tropicalis is a species of tree native to central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
| Carpinus tropicalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Carpinus |
| Species: | C. tropicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carpinus tropicalis (Donn.Sm.) Lundell | |
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Description
Carpinus 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
In 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]
References
- 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.
- Carpinus tropicalis (Donn.Sm.) Lundell The World Flora Online. Accessed 22 August 2022.
- 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
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