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Cornus disciflora

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Synonyms
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Internal ID UUID644035d892a64053224779
Scientific name Cornus disciflora
Authority Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
First published in Prodr. 4: 273 (1830)

Description Top

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Cornus disciflora is a species of flowering plant that is native to Mexico and Central America. It can grow to be anywhere from 6 to 25 meters tall and blooms from January to July and September to December. The plant is found in various mountain ranges throughout the region, including the Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in Mexico, as well as the Chortis Highlands in El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. It is typically found in humid forests at elevations between 1,000 and 2,900 meters. The plant's fruits are an important food source for birds.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Benthamia disciflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) K.Koch Hort. Dendrol. 285, No. 3. 1854
Benthamia grandis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 41. 1909
Benthamidia disciflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) H.Hara J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 113 (1948)
Benthamidia disciflora var. floccosa (Wangerin) H.Hara J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 113 (1948)
Cornus capitata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. 28. 1893 (1893)
Cornus disciflora f. floccosa (Wangerin) Rickett Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 72: 223 (1945)
Cornus disciflora var. floccosa Standl. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 8: 321 (1931)
Cornus floccosa Wangerin Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 101 (1908)
Cornus grandis Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 5: 171 (1830)
Cynoxylon disciflorum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Hutch. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) , n.s., 6: 91 (1942)
Cynoxylon floccosum (Wangerin) Hutch. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) , n.s., 6: 91 (1942)
Cynoxylon grande (Schltdl. & Cham.) Pojark. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 182 (1950)
Discocrania disciflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Trifonova & I.G.Zubkova Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 75: 823 (1990)
Discocrania floccosa (Wangerin) M.Král Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohemoslov. 1: 377 (1966)
Benthamia disciflora (DC.) T.Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 41. 1909

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Cornus capitata subsp. capitata Unknown

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000924655
Tropicos 8700024
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271555-1
The Plant List kew-47345
Open Tree Of Life 824118
NCBI Taxonomy 228625
IUCN Red List 39061
IPNI 271555-1
iNaturalist 190905
GBIF 7322007
USDA GRIN 11550
Wikipedia Cornus_disciflora

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
New Species of Bioluminescent Mycena Sect. Calodontes (Agaricales, Mycenaceae) from Mexico Cortés-Pérez A, Guzmán-Dávalos L, Ramírez-Cruz V, Villalobos-Arámbula AR, Ruiz-Sanchez E, Ramírez-Guillén F J Fungi (Basel) 01-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10532606
doi:10.3390/jof9090902
PMID:37755010
Climate change may induce connectivity loss and mountaintop extinction in Central American forests Baumbach L, Warren DL, Yousefpour R, Hanewinkel M Commun Biol 15-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8282624
doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02359-9
PMID:34267317
Patterns of Bird Diversity and Endemism Along an Elevational Gradient in the Southern Mexican Highlands Alvarez-Alvarez EA, Rodríguez-Godínez R, Sierra-Morales P, Medina-Valdivia SA, Vázquez-Salgado E, Brito-Millán M, Almazán-Núñez RC Zool Stud 15-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC8231403
doi:10.6620/ZS.2020.59-69
PMID:34221145
Identifying cloud forest conservation areas in Mexico from the potential distribution of 19 representative species López-Arce L, Ureta-Sánchez Cordero C, Granados-Sánchez D, Rodríguez-Esparza L, Monterroso-Rivas A Heliyon 29-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6441824
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01423
PMID:30976695

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