Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Atoc Cedro
Common Names in Spanish:
Cedro Bayo, Cedro Coya, Cedro De Altura, Cedro De Tucum?n, Cedro Del Cerro, Cedro Peludo, Cedro Salteno, Cedro V?rgen
Description
Genus Cedrela
Tall trees
. Leaves pinnate; leaflets
entire to serrate, somewhat oblique
. Flowers small, in terminal
and sub-terminal panicles. Calyx short, 5-parted. Petals 5, free
. Stamens 4-6, free; staminodes present or absent. Disc thick, lobed
. Ovary 5-locular; stigma capitate. Fruit a septifragal capsule. Seeds many, winged
.
A genus of about 16 species, with a wide distribution in tropical
Asia, Mexico to S. America and Australia.[1]
Habitat
Ecology: Montane forest , occurring between 800 and 3,400 m. [2].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Suborder:
Meliineae
()
- Family:
Meliaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Cedreloideae
()
- Subfamily:
Cedreloideae
(
- Family:
Meliaceae
(
- Suborder:
Meliineae
(
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : C.DC. Publication : Bull . Soc. Bot. Gen?ve ser. 2, 6: 118, fig. 2 1914
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cedrela
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. fissilis (Central American Cedar) · C. lilloi (Atoc Cedro) · C. mahagoni (Small-Leaved Mahogany) · C. odorata (Cigar-Box Wood) · C. sinensis (Chinese Cedrela)
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Further Reading
- Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria CITES url p. 180, p. 7.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 113.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Llamozas, S. 1998. Cedrela lilloi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3472124
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15621980
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:577759-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 577759-1
- IUCN ID: 198381
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1021207
Footnotes
- "Cedrela". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Llamozas, S. 1998. Cedrela lilloi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
