Carpinus tropicalis
| Carpinus tropicalis | |
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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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| Subspecies[2] | |
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| Synonyms[2][1] | |
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Carpinus tropicalis is a species of tree native to central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Description[edit]
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[edit]
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]
Subspecies[edit]
Two 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
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Cloud forest flora of Mexico
- Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur
- Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca
- Flora of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
- Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental
- Flora of the Chiapas Highlands
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas
- Flora of the Central American montane forests
- Flora of the Central American pine–oak forests
- Trees of Northern America
- Trees of Guatemala
- Trees of El Salvador
- Trees of Honduras
- Trees of Nicaragua
- Carpinus
- Plants described in 1890
- Taxa named by John Donnell Smith