Drimys granadensis is a broadleaf evergreen tree of family Winteraceae. it is native to tropical montane forests from Peru to southern Mexico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Canellales |
| Family: | Winteraceae |
| Genus: | Drimys |
| Species: | D. granadensis
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Common names in Mexico include al-ca-puc, cashiquec, chachaca, chilillo, palo picante, palo de chile, yaga-bziga, and vaya-yiña.[2]
Description
editDrimys granadensis is an evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 12 meters tall, with large white flowers.[2]
Range and habitat
editDrimys 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]
Subspecies
editThere 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
edit- ^ a b c "Drimys granadensis L.f." Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d 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