Symplococarpon purpusii

Symplococarpon purpusii is a flowering plant[1] species of the genus Symplococarpon. It is native from southern Mexico to northern Colombia; occurring in such a large territory is hence presumed to have a large population and listed as Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List.[2] It was first described in 1941 in Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.[3]

Symplococarpon purpusii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Pentaphylacaceae
Genus: Symplococarpon
Species:
S. purpusii
Binomial name
Symplococarpon purpusii
(Brandegee) Kobuski
Symplococarpon purpusii's territorial extent

This species of plant can be found in elevations as low as 116 metres and as high as 3,017 metres.[2] It can be found in the tropical biome.[3] This plant is important to the diet of the resplendent quetzal and horned guan.[4][5]

References

  1. Fonseca, Rosa María (1989). Flora de Guerrero (in Spanish). UNAM. ISBN 978-968-36-3820-5.
  2. "Symplococarpon purpusii". IUCN Red List.
  3. "Symplococarpon purpusii (Brandegee) Kobuski | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  4. H., Ma. Lourdes Avila; O., V. Hugo Hernandez; Verlarde, Enriqueta (25 May 1996). "The Diet of Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus Moncinno mocinno: Trogonidae) in a Mexican Cloud Forest". Biotropica. 28 (4): 720–727. doi:10.2307/2389058. JSTOR 2389058.
  5. González-García, Fernando (2017). "Ecología e Historia Natural del Pavón Oreophasis derbianus: Un Crácido de Montaña" via Institutional Repository of the University of Alicante. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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