Prunus buxifolia — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus

At a glance

Occurrence records46

Data sources5

Biological traits13

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Prunus buxifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility46 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF46 records

01Narrative

Prunus buxifolia is a species of tree in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is endemic to Colombia,Koehne, Bernhard Adalbert Emil 1915. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52: 312-313 description in Latin, commentary in German where it is called chuwacá.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatemontane tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max3 650 m

Elevation min2 500 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Specific leaf area (SLA)12.47 mm²/mg

Wood density678 mg/cm³

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type46 records

Wild obs. + sensor35

Museum / vouchered10

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO180 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 32

32 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor35

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 2

5 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence10

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	3
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	2
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record	1
Chicago, US	1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record	1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record	1
Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record	1

7 institutions · 10 of 10 vouchered records shown