Cespedesia

Cespedesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Ochnaceae
Subfamily: Ochnoideae
Tribe: Sauvagesieae
Genus: Cespedesia
Goudot
Species:
C. spathulata
Binomial name
Cespedesia spathulata
Synonyms
  • Godoya spathulata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Cespedesia amazonica Huber
  • Cespedesia bonplandii Goudot
  • Cespedesia brasiliana Tiegh.
  • Cespedesia discolor W.Bull
  • Cespedesia excelsa Rusby
  • Cespedesia macrophylla Seem.
  • Cespedesia repanda (Bonpl. ex Kunth) Tiegh.
  • Cespedesia repanda var. lanceolata Cuatrec.
  • Cespedesia scandens (Tiegh.) Dwyer
  • Cespedesia sprucei Tiegh.
  • Fournieria scandens Tiegh.
  • Godoya repanda Bonpl. ex Kunth
  • Godoya scandens (Tiegh.) E.Fourn. ex Prain

Cespedesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae. It contains a single species, Cespedesia spathulata. The common name is Membrillo de Montana. At the top of the trunk and any vertical reiterations is a rosette of 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long spatulate leaves which are held in a near-vertical posture.

Its native range is Central and Southern Tropical America.

References

  1. ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Cespedesia spathulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T145685080A145685082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T145685080A145685082.en. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Cespedesia Goudot | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Condit, Richard; Perez, Rolando; Daguerre, Nefertaris (2011). Trees of Panama and Costa Rica. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press. pp. 360–362. ISBN 978-0-691-14710-9.