Aspidosperma excelsum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Aspidosperma
Species:
A. excelsum
Binomial name
Aspidosperma excelsum
Synonyms[1]
  • Macaglia excelsa (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Aspidosperma nitidum Benth. ex Müll.Arg.
  • Thyroma nitida (Benth. ex Müll.Arg.) Miers
  • Aspidosperma aquaticum Ducke
  • Aspidosperma marcgravianum Woodson

Aspidosperma excelsum (common name Remo Caspi) is a tree in the Dogbane family Apocynaceae which grows up to one hundred feet (thirty meters) in height. It is native to Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Panama, and Costa Rica.[1][2][3][4][5] Its most interesting characteristic is its trunk, which has a deeply sinuous cross-section, usually described as stellate, It is thought these sinuosities offer some protection against strangling figs (ficus spp), Copay (Clusia spp) and other stranglers by making it more difficult to encircle the tree's cambium.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Aspidosperma excelsum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  3. ↑ Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XIX: La familia Apocynaceae s.str. (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) de Costa Rica. Darwiniana 43: 90-191.
  4. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  5. ↑ Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  6. ↑ Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)*Earth.com at https://www.earth.com/plant-encyclopedia/angiosperms/apocynaceae/aspidosperma-excelsum/vi/
  7. ↑ Aspidosperma excelsum - Useful Tropical Plants at https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Aspidospermum+excelsum/


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