| Prunus buxifolia | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. buxifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus buxifolia Koehne | |
| Synonyms | |
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Prunus betancurii Schult. & García-Barr | |
Prunus buxifolia is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to Colombia, where it is called chuwacá.
Distribution and habitat
Prunus buxifolia is native to the montane forests of the eastern Colombian Andes, between 2,500 and 3,650 metres (8,200 and 11,980 feet) of elevation.
References
- Lopez-Gallego, C. & Morales M, P. 2020. Prunus buxifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T153324023A153324026. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T153324023A153324026.es. Downloaded on 14 December 2020.
- ^ Pérez-Zabala, Jorge A. (2007). "Estudios sobre el género Prunus (Rosaceae) en el Neotrópico: novedades taxonómicas y nomenclaturales para Colombia" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 64 (2): 177–190. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Alcázar Caicedo, Carolina (2011). "Regeneración natural bajo el dosel de Aegiphila bogotensis, Persea mutisii y Prunus buxifolia en los bosques Altoandinos de la Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia". Perez Arbelaezia (in Spanish). 20: 164–165.
- Koehne, Bernhard Adalbert Emil 1915. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52: 312-313 description in Latin, commentary in German
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Prunus buxifolia | |
| Prunus betancurii | |
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