Symplococarpon purpusii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Pentaphylacaceae
Genus: Symplococarpon
Species:
S. purpusii
Binomial name
Symplococarpon purpusii
(Brandegee) Kobuski
Symplococarpon purpusii's territorial extent

Symplococarpon purpusii is a flowering plant[1] species of the genus Symplococarpon. It is native from southern Mexico to northern Colombia; occurring in such a large territory is hence presumed to have a large population and listed as Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List.[2] It was first described in 1941 in Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.[3]

This species of plant can be found in elevations as low as 116 metres and as high as 3,017 metres.[2] It can be found in the tropical biome.[3] This plant is important to the diet of the resplendent quetzal and horned guan.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Fonseca, Rosa María (1989). Flora de Guerrero (in Spanish). UNAM. ISBN 978-968-36-3820-5.
  2. 1 2 "Symplococarpon purpusii". IUCN Red List.
  3. 1 2 "Symplococarpon purpusii (Brandegee) Kobuski | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  4. ↑ H., Ma. Lourdes Avila; O., V. Hugo Hernandez; Verlarde, Enriqueta (25 May 1996). "The Diet of Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus Moncinno mocinno: Trogonidae) in a Mexican Cloud Forest". Biotropica. 28 (4): 720–727. doi:10.2307/2389058. JSTOR 2389058.
  5. ↑ González-García, Fernando (2017). "Ecología e Historia Natural del Pavón Oreophasis derbianus: Un Crácido de Montaña" – via Institutional Repository of the University of Alicante. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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