Árboles de Costa Rica / Trees of Costa Rica

Dedicatoria..................................................................................................5

Dedication....................................................................................................5

Agradecimientos...........................................................................................7

Acknowledgements.......................................................................................8

Acerca de los autores.................................................................................17

Acerca de la ilustradora..............................................................................20

Presentación...............................................................................................21

Presentation................................................................................................23

Introducción...............................................................................................25

Introduction................................................................................................29

Descripción de especies..............................................................................33

• Fabaceae (= Leguminosae)
• Lecointea amazonica Ducke.......................................................................34
• Fagaceae
• Quercus benthamii A. DC. ........................................................................36
• Quercus bumelioides Liebm. ......................................................................38
• Quercus corrugata Hook...........................................................................40
• Quercus cortesii Liebm..............................................................................42
• Quercus costaricensis Liebm.......................................................................44
• Quercus insignis M. Martens & Galeotti.......................................................46
• Quercus oleoides Schltdl. & Cham..............................................................48
• Quercus salicifolia Nee.............................................................................50
• Quercus sapotifolia Liebm..........................................................................52
• Flacourtiaceae (= Achariaceae)
• Carpotroche platyptera Pittier.....................................................................54
• Changiodendron mexicanum T. Wentd........................................................56
• Lindackeria laurina C. Presl........................................................................58
• Mayna odorata Aubl................................................................................60
• Flacourtiaceae (= Salicaceae)
• Abatia parviflora Ruiz & Pav.......................................................................62
• Banara guianensis Aubl.............................................................................64
• Casearia aculeata Jacq.............................................................................66
• Casearia arborea (Rich.) Urb.....................................................................68
• Casearia arguta Kunth..............................................................................70
• Casearia commersoniana Cambess............................................................72
• Casearia coronata Standl. & L. O. Williams.................................................74
• Casearia corymbosa Kunth........................................................................76
• Casearia hirsuta Sw.................................................................................78
• Casearia praecox Griseb..........................................................................80
• Casearia standleyana Sleumer...................................................................82
• Casearia stjohnii I. M. Johnst......................................................................84
• Casearia sylvestris Sw...............................................................................86
• Casearia tacanensis Lundell.......................................................................88
• Casearia tremula (Griseb.) Griseb. ex W. Wright..........................................90
• Hasseltia allenii Hammel & Grayum ex M. H. Alford......................................92
• Hasseltia floribunda Kunth..........................................................................94
• Hasseltia guatemalensis Warb....................................................................96
• Hasseltiopsis dioica (Benth.) Sleumer............................................................98
• Homalium guianense (Aubl.) Oken............................................................100
• Homalium racemosum Jacq......................................................................102
• Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler.................................................................104
• Laetia thamnia L.....................................................................................106
• Lunania mexicana Brandegee...................................................................108
• Lunania parviflora Spruce ex Benth............................................................110
• Macrohasseltia macroterantha (Standl. & L. O. Williams) L. O. Williams..........112
• Pleuranthodendron lindenii (Turcz.) Sleumer.................................................114
• Prockia costaricensis Standl......................................................................116
• Prockia crucis P. Browne ex L....................................................................118
• Ryania speciosa Vahl..............................................................................120
• Tetrathylacium johansenii Standl................................................................122
• Tetrathylacium macrophyllum Poepp...........................................................124
• Xylosma chlorantha Donn. Sm..................................................................126
• Xylosma flexuosa (Kunth) Hemsl.................................................................128
• Xylosma hispidula Standl.........................................................................130
• Xylosma horrida Rose..............................................................................132
• Xylosma intermedia (Seem.) Triana & Planch................................................134
• Xylosma oligandra Donn. Sm...................................................................136
• Xylosma panamensis Turcz.......................................................................138
• Xylosma quichensis Donn. Sm...................................................................140
• Xylosma velutina (Tul.) Triana & Planch........................................................142
• Zuelania guidonia (Sw.) Britton & Millsp.....................................................144
• Grossulariaceae (=Escalloniaceae)
• Escallonia myrtilloides L. f........................................................................146
• Escallonia paniculata (Ruiz & Pav.) Roem. & Schult.......................................148
• Hamamelidaceae
• Matudaea trinervia Lundell.......................................................................150
• Molinadendron guatemalense (Radlk. ex Harms) P.K. Endress.........................152
• Hernandiaceae
• Hernandia didymantha Donn. Sm.Laurel, ...................................................154
• Hernandia stenura Standl........................................................................156
• Hippocrateaceae (= Celastraceae)
• Salacia petenensis Lundell.......................................................................158
• Semialarium mexicanum (Miers) Mennega..................................................160
• Humiriaceae
• Humiriastrum diguense Cuatrec.................................................................162
• Sacoglottis holdridgei Cuatrec..................................................................164
• Sacoglottis trichogyna Cuatrec.................................................................166
• Vantanea barbourii Standl........................................................................168
• Vantanea occidentalis Cuatrec..................................................................170
• Hydrophyllaceae
• Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth...........................................................172
• Icacinaceae
• Calatola costaricensis Standl....................................................................174
• Citronella costaricensis (Donn. Sm.) R. A. Howard........................................176
• Icacinaceae (=Metteniusaceae)
• Dendrobangia boliviana Rusby.................................................................178
• Icacinaceae (=Stemonuraceae)
• Discophora guianensis Miers....................................................................180
• Icacinaceae
• Mappia racemosa Jacq..........................................................................182
• Oecopetalum greenmanii Standl. & Steyerm...............................................184
• Icacinaceae (= Metteniusaceae)
• Metteniusa tessmanniana (Sleumer) Sleumer................................................186
• Lacistemataceae
• Lacistema aggregatum (Bergius) Rugby.......................................................188
• Lozania mutisiana Roem. & Schult.............................................................190
• Lozania pittieri (S. F. Blake) L. B. Sm..........................................................192
• Lauraceae
• Aiouea costaricensis (Mez) Kosterm...........................................................194
• Aiouea obscura van der Werff.................................................................196
• Aiouea talamancensis W. C. Burger..........................................................198
• Aniba venezuelana Mez.........................................................................200
• Beilschmiedia alloiophylla (Rusby) Kosterm..................................................202
• Beilschmiedia brenesii C. K. Allen.............................................................204
• Beilschmiedia costaricensis C. K. Allen.......................................................206
• Beilschmiedia immersinervis Sach. Nishida.................................................208
• Beilschmiedia ovalis (S. F. Blake) C. K. Allen...............................................210
• Beilschmiedia pendula (Sw.) Hemsl...........................................................212
• Beilschmiedia tilaranensis Sach. Nishida....................................................214
• Beilschmiedia tovarensis (Meisn.) Sach. Nishida..........................................216
• Caryodaphnopsis burgeri N. Zamora & Poveda..........................................218
• Cinnamomum brenesii (Standl.) Kosterm.....................................................220
• Cinnamomum chavarrianum (Hammel) Kosterm............................................222
• Cinnamomum costaricanum (Mez & Pittier) Kosterm......................................224
• Cinnamomum hammelianum (W. C. Burger)Lorea-Hern. ex J. A. González & Hammel......................................226
• Cinnamomum neurophyllum (Mez & Pittier) Kosterm......................................228
• Cinnamomum tonduzii (Mez) Kosterm........................................................230
• Cinnamomum triplinerve (Ruiz & Pav.) Kosterm.............................................232
• Endichleria formosa A.C. Sm...................................................................234
• Gamanthera herrerae van der Werff..........................................................236
• Licaria brenesii W. C. Burger...................................................................238
• Licaria caribaea Gómez-Laur. & Cascante..................................................240
• Licaria excelsa Kosterm...........................................................................242
• Licaria misantlae (Brandegee) Kosterm........................................................244
• Licaria multinervis H. Kurz........................................................................246
• Licaria pergamentacea W. C. Burger........................................................248
• Licaria sarapiquensis Hammel...................................................................250
• Licaria triandra (Sw.) Kosterm...................................................................252
• Litsea glaucescens Kunth..........................................................................254
• Nectandra belizensis (Lundell) C. K. Allen...................................................256
• Nectandra cissiflora Nees.......................................................................258
• Nectandra cufodontisii (O. C. Schmidt) C. K. Allen......................................260
• Nectandra hihua (Ruiz & Pav.) Rohwer.......................................................262
• Nectandra hypoleuca Hammel.................................................................264
• Nectandra lineata (Kunth) Rohwer.............................................................266
• Nectandra longipetiolata van der Werf......................................................268
• Nectandra martinicensis Mez...................................................................270
• Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb......................................................272
• Nectandra purpurea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez......................................................274
• Nectandra ramonensis Standl...................................................................276
• Nectandra reticulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez......................................................278
• Nectandra salicina C. K. Allen.................................................................280
• Nectandra smithii C. K. Allen...................................................................282
• Nectandra turbacensis (Kunth) Nees..........................................................284
• Nectandra umbrosa (Kunth) Mez...............................................................286
• Ocotea atirrensis Mez & Donn. Sm...........................................................288
• Ocotea atlantica van der Werff................................................................290
• Ocotea aurantiodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez.....................................................292
• Ocotea austinii C. K. Allen......................................................................294
• Ocotea brenesii Standl...........................................................................296
• Ocotea cernua (Nees) Mez.....................................................................298
• Ocotea dendrodaphne Mez....................................................................300
• Ocotea dentata van der Werff.................................................................302
• Ocotea endresiana Mez.........................................................................304
• Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez...................................................................306
• Ocotea fulvescens Standl. & L. O. Williams................................................308
• Ocotea glaucosericea Rohwer..................................................................310
• Ocotea gomezii W. C. Burger.................................................................312
• Ocotea haberi van der Werff...................................................................314
• Ocotea hartshorniana Hammel.................................................................316
• Ocotea macrophylla Kunth.......................................................................318
• Ocotea holdridgeana W. C. Burger..........................................................320
• Ocotea insularis (Meisn.) Mez..................................................................322
• Ocotea laetevirens Standl. & Steyerm........................................................324
• Ocotea lentii W. C. Burger......................................................................326
• Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) Laness................................................................328
• Ocotea macrantha van der Werff.............................................................330
• Ocotea macropoda (Kunth) Mez ..............................................................332
• Ocotea meziana C. K. Allen....................................................................334
• Ocotea mollicella (S. F. Blake) van der Werff..............................................336
• Ocotea mollifolia Mez & Pittier.................................................................338
• Ocotea monteverdensis W. C. Burger........................................................340
• Ocotea morae Gómez-Laur......................................................................342
• Ocotea multiflora van der Werff...............................................................344
• Ocotea oblonga (Meisn.) Mez.................................................................346
• Ocotea paradoxa Mez...........................................................................348
• Ocotea patula van der Werff...................................................................350
• Ocotea pentagona Mez.........................................................................352
• Ocotea pharomachrosorum Gómez-Laur.....................................................354
• Ocotea praetermissa van der Werff...........................................................356
• Ocotea pseudopalmana W. C. Burger......................................................358
• Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees..................................................................360
• Ocotea pullifolia van der Werff................................................................362
• Ocotea rivularis Standl. & L. O. Williams...................................................364
• Ocotea rufescens van der Werff...............................................................366
• Ocotea sinuata (Mez) Rohwer..................................................................368
• Ocotea stenoneura Mez & Pittier...............................................................370
• Ocotea tenera Mez & Donn. Sm...............................................................372
• Ocotea wedeliana C. K. Allen.................................................................374
• Ocotea valerioana (Standl.) W. C. Burger..................................................376
• Ocotea valerioides W. C. Burger.............................................................378
• Ocotea veraguensis (Meisn.) Mez.............................................................380
• Ocotea viridiflora Lundell.........................................................................382
• Ocotea whitei Woodson.........................................................................384
• Persea americana Mill............................................................................386
• Persea albida Kosterm............................................................................388
• Persea brenesii Standl.............................................................................390
• Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez............................................................392
• Persea cuneata Meisn.............................................................................394
• Persea donnell-smithii Mez.......................................................................396
• Persea laevifolia van der Werff.................................................................398
• Persea obtusifolia L. E. Knopp...................................................................400
• Persea povedae W. C. Burger.................................................................402
• Persea pseudofasciculata L. E. Knopp........................................................404
• Persea rigens C.K. Allen..........................................................................406
• Persea schiedeana Nees.........................................................................408
• Persea silvatica van der Werff..................................................................410
• Persea veraguasensis Seem......................................................................412
• Pleurothyrium golfodulcense W. C. Burger & N. Zamora...............................414
• Pleurothyrium guindonii van der Werff........................................................416
• Pleurothyrium hexaglandulosum van der Werff.............................................418
• Pleurothyrium immersum van der Werff.......................................................420
• Pleurothyrium oblongum van der Werff.......................................................422
• Pleurothyrium palmanum (Mez & Donn. Sm.) Rohwer....................................424
• Pleurothyrium pauciflorum van der Werff & Hammel......................................426
• Pleurothyrium trianae (Mez) Rohwer...........................................................428
• Povedadaphne quadriporata W. C. Burger................................................430
• Rhodostemonodaphne kunthiana (Nees) Rohwer..........................................432
• Williamodendron glaucophyllum (van der Werff) Kubitzki..............................434
• Lecythidaceae
• Couratari guianensis Aubl........................................................................436
• Couratari scottmorii Prance......................................................................438
• Couroupita guianensis Aubl.....................................................................440
• Couroupita nicaraguarensis DC................................................................442
• Eschweilera aguilarii S. A. Mori................................................................444
• Eschweilera biflava S. A. Mori.................................................................446
• Eschweilera calyculata Pittier....................................................................448
• Eschweilera costaricensis S. A. Mori..........................................................450
• Eschweilera collinsii Pittier........................................................................452
• Eschweilera pittieri R. Knuth......................................................................454
• Grias cauliflora L....................................................................................456
• Gustavia brachycarpa Pittier.....................................................................458
• Lecythis ampla Miers..............................................................................460
• Lecythis mesophylla S. A. Mori.................................................................462
• Loganiaceae [= Scrophulariaceae (=Buddlejaceae)]
• Buddleja nitida Benth..............................................................................464
• Buddleja skutchii C. V. Morton..................................................................466
• Loganiaceae (= Lamiaceae)
• Peltanthera floribunda Benth.....................................................................468
• Loranthaceae
• Gaiadendron punctatum (Ruiz & Pav.) G. Don.............................................470
• Lythraceae
• Lafoensia punicifolia DC..........................................................................472
• Magnoliaceae
• Magnolia panamensis A. Vázquez & H. H. Iltis...........................................474
• Magnolia poasana (Pittier) Dandy............................................................. 476
• Magnolia sororum Seibert........................................................................478
• Talauma gloriensis Pittier..........................................................................480
• Malpighiaceae
• Bunchosia costaricensis Rose....................................................................482
• Bunchosia dwyeri Cuatrec. & Croat...........................................................484
• Bunchosia macrophylla Rose....................................................................486
• Bunchosia nitida Rose.............................................................................488
• Bunchosia polystachia (Andrews) DC.........................................................490
• Bunchosia ursana W. R. Anderson............................................................492
• Bunchosia veluticarpa W. R. Anderson.......................................................494
• Byrsonima arthropoda A. Juss...................................................................496
• Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth..................................................................498
• Byrsonima herrerae W. R. Anderson..........................................................500
• Lophanthera hammelii W.R. Anderson........................................................502
• Malpighia albiflora (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec.......................................................504
• Malpighia glabra L.................................................................................506
• Malpighia stevensii W. R. Anderson..........................................................508
• Spachea correae Cuatrec. & Croat...........................................................510

Glosario...................................................................................................513

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• C........................................................................................................514
• D-E-F....................................................................................................514
• G-H-I...................................................................................................515
• L-M-N..................................................................................................516
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Glossary..................................................................................................519

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• C........................................................................................................519
• D-E-F....................................................................................................520
• G-H-I...................................................................................................521
• L-M-N..................................................................................................521
• O.......................................................................................................521
• P-R.......................................................................................................522
• S........................................................................................................523
• T-U-V....................................................................................................524

Literatura consultada.................................................................................525

Galería de imágenes................................................................................529

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