| Frodinia tremula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Frodinia |
| Species: | F. tremula |
| Binomial name | |
| Frodinia tremula (Krug & Urb.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett (2021) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Frodinia tremula is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a scrambling tree endemic to the island of Hispaniola.[1]
Frodinia tremula is the predominant tree in the montane cloud forests of Pic Macaya National Park in the Massif de la Selle of southwestern Haiti. It grows with small trees and shrubs including Garrya fadyenii, Myrsine coriacea, Brunellia comocladiifolia, Persea hypoleuca, Weinmannia pinnata, Cestrum coelophlebium, and Miconia spp., the tree ferns Cyathea harrisii and Alsophila minor, and the climbing bamboo Arthrostylidium haitiense. These cloud forests occur in a mosaic with open forests and savannas of Pinus occidentalis above 1,200 meters elevation. Fires kill the young broadleafed trees, and favor the germination of pines.[2]
References
- 1 2 Frodinia tremula (Krug & Urb.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ↑ Judd, W.S. 1987. Floristic study of Morne la Visite and Pic Macaya national Parks, Haiti. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 32: 1-136.