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Cecropia sciadophylla

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Plant species

Cecropia sciadophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Cecropia
Species: C. sciadophylla
Binomial name
Cecropia sciadophylla
C.Mart.

Cecropia sciadophylla is a plant species from the genus Cecropia. The species was originally described by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in 1841.

Description

Cecropia sciadophylla is a pioneer tree in the neotropics. The tree can grow up to 30 meters in height. It grows in well-drained areas and as a pioneer plant emerges in damaged areas.

Distribution

Cecropia sciadophylla can be found from sea-level up to 1300 meters from sea-level ranging from French Guiana to Colombia. This is also confirmed by crowd-sourced observations.

References

  1. Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Herbarium florae brasiliensis (in Latin), Wikidata Q97465888
  2. ^ Paul-Camilo Zalamea; Pablo R Stevenson; Santiago Madriñán; Pierre-Marie Aubert; Patrick Heuret (1 March 2008). "Growth pattern and age determination for Cecropia sciadophylla (Urticaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 95 (3): 263–271. doi:10.3732/AJB.95.3.263. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 21632351. Wikidata Q51164697.
  3. ^ "Cecropia sciadophylla C.Mart". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  4. A. M. A. Holthuijzen; J. H. A. Boerboom (March 1982). "The Cecropia Seedbank in the Surinam Lowland Rain Forest". Biotropica. 14 (1): 62. doi:10.2307/2387761. ISSN 0006-3606. JSTOR 2387761. Wikidata Q119074243.
Taxon identifiers
Cecropia sciadophylla


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