Drimys granadensis
Flowers - Drimys granadensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Canellales
Family: Winteraceae
Genus: Drimys
Species:
D. granadensis
Binomial name
Drimys granadensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Drimys winteri f. granadensis (L.f.) Eichler
  • Wintera granadensis (L.f.) Murray

Drimys granadensis is a broadleaf evergreen tree of family Winteraceae. it is native to tropical montane forests from Peru to southern Mexico.

Common names in Mexico include al-ca-puc, cashiquec, chachaca, chilillo, palo picante, palo de chile, yaga-bziga, and vaya-yiña.[2]

Description

Drimys granadensis is an evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 12 meters tall, with large white flowers.[2]

Range and habitat

Drimys granadensis ranges from Peru through Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Central America to southern Mexico.[1] It is typical of mature montane cloud forests of the Northern Andes, Central American Cordillera, and the mountains of southern Mexico.[2]

In southern Mexico it is found in cloud forests, and in riparian zones and well-watered ravines in humid oak forests and pine–oak forests, from 1,100 to 3,300 meters elevation.[2]

Stem shoots and leaves - Drimys granadensis

Subspecies

There are five accepted varieties:[1]

  • Drimys granadensis var. chiriquiensis A.C.Sm. – Panama
  • Drimys granadensis var. granadensis – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, northwest Venezuela
  • Drimys granadensis var. mexicana (DC.) A.C.Sm. – Mexico (Veracruz, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas states), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
  • Drimys granadensis var. peruviana A.C.Sm. – Peru
  • Drimys granadensis var. uniflora (Turcz.) A.C.Sm. – northwest Venezuela

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Drimys granadensis L.f." Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 8 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mario González-Espinosa, Jorge A. Meave, Francisco G. Lorea-Hernández, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez and Adrian C. Newton, eds (2011). The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. 2011. ISBN 9781903703281
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