Fruits and leaves of Alfaroa costaricensis. Costa Rica, northern Cordillera de Talamanca, Savegre valley near San Gerardo de Rivas, ca. 2300 m.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Fagales
Family:
Juglandaceae
Subfamily:
Engelhardioideae
Genus:
Alfaroa Standl.
Alfaroa is a genus of evergreen trees in the Juglandaceae family of the Fagales, growing in montane and submontane tropical rain forests in Central America. The wood is characterized by solid pith, pink heartwood, and vessels with scalariform perforations, as well as simple perforations.
Alfaroa is a genus of evergreen trees in the Juglandaceae family of the Fagales, growing in montane and submontane tropical rain forests in Central America...
have large, aromatic leaves that are usually alternate, but opposite in Alfaroa and Oreomunnea. The leaves are pinnately compound or ternate, and usually...
Alfaroa costaricensis, also known as campano chile, chiciscua, gaulin, gavilán Colorado, or gavilancillo, is nut bearing timber tree in the Juglandaceae...
Alfaroa guanacastensis is a species of plant in the Juglandaceae family, first described from material found in the vicinity of Guanacaste, Costa Rica...
Alfaroa manningii, or gavilán colorado, is a valued lumber tree of the Walnut family endemic to the premontane Costa Rican rain forest. The specific epithet...
Alfaroa hondurensis is a species of plant in the Juglandaceae family. It is endemic to Honduras. Nelson, C. (1998). "Alfaroa hondurensis". IUCN Red List...
Alfaroa mexicana is a species of plant in the family Juglandaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. González-Espinosa, M. (1998). "Alfaroa mexicana". IUCN Red...
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of the Juglandaceae. Ed. Cornell Univ. 264 pp. Species (Juglandaceae) Alfaroa manningii León "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". "Manning, Wayne...
save butterflies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 5, 2020. René I. Alfaroa; Bruno Fady; Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin; Ian K. Dawson; Richard A. Fleming;...
to slate gray and the anterior margin is light gray. The larvae feed on Alfaroa guanacastensis. The caterpillars show coloring similar to larvae of Nebulosa...
irregular than that of the lower montane forest. Typical canopy trees include Alfaroa mexicana, Aphananthe monoica, Ardisia verapazensis subsp. verapazensis...
hieracifolia, Inga species (including Inga longispica), Xylosma chlorantha, Alfaroa guanacastensis, Beilschmiedia species, Ocotea species (including Ocotea...
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