Prunus buxifolia is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae.[2][3] It is endemic to Colombia,[2][4] where it is called chuwacá.
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Prunus buxifolia | |
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Prunus betancurii Schult. & García-Barr | |
Distribution and habitat
editPrunus 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.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b 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
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