Tapirira mexicana

Tapirira mexicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Tapirira
Species: T. mexicana
Binomial name
Tapirira mexicana
Marchand

Tapirira mexicana is a species of rainforest tree in the Anacardiaceae family.[1] The tree requires intense sunlight for its saplings to establish.[2]

References

  1. Loik, M. E.; K. D. Holl (2001). "Photosynthetic responses of tree seedlings in grass and under shrubs in early-successional tropical old fields, Costa Rica". Oecologia. Berlin: Springer. 127 (1): 40–50. doi:10.1007/s004420000566.
  2. Estrada, Alejandro; Garber, Paul A.; Pavelka, Mary; Luecke, LeAndra, eds. (2005). New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects). Springer. p. 600. ISBN 978-0387258546.


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