Oreomunnea mexicana (Standl.) J.-F.Leroy

  • Filed As

    Juglandaceae
    Oreomunnea mexicana (Standl.) J.-F.Leroy

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Stone 2141, 16 Mar 1966

  • Location

    Mexico. Oaxaca. Highway 175, 42.1 km S Valle Nacional on road to Ixtlán de Juárez.

  • Habitat

    Very steep rocky, clayey, fog-shrouded hillside.

  • Specimen Notes

    Record databased by staff or volunteers in the Tri-Trophic Thematic Collections Network Symbiota Portal. Transferred to NYGB database on 17 Dec. 2015.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1486586

    Occurrence ID: a600049f-0c48-4f14-8b62-0edfdf23104a

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Oaxaca

  • Locality

    Highway 175, 42.1 km S Valle Nacional on road to Ixtlán de Juárez.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1490 m. (4888 ft.)

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01486586
PLANTS OF MEXICO
COLLECT ID FOR THE HLRBAKIUM OF DUKE UNIVERSITY
Oreomunnea mexicana (Standley) Leroy subsp. mexicana
OAXACA. Highway 175, 42.1 km S Valle Nacional on road to Ixtlan de Juarez, 4900 ft. elev. Very steep rocky, clayey, fog-shrouded hillside. Numerous huge trees (3-5 ft. DBH x 120 ft. tall) associated with tree ferns, Alsophila salvinii.
Tree 90 ft. tall, 55 ft. to first branch, trunk 16 x 27 in. DBH, fused buttresses on uphill side augmenting diameter; bark reddish-tan on outer surface, exfoliating, pinkish interior; sapwood whitish, heartwood with reddish tinge; leaves associated with flowers and fruits look ragged and tend to be inrolled along margins; fruit abundant, mature, terminal on past year's spurt of growth; male inflorescences terminal on latest spurt of growth, not associated with female flowers; new foliage of young trees pinkish, that of mature trees golden-yellow; many seedlings with hypogeous germination scattered on rich humus of forest flora.
D. E. Stone 2141
16 March 1966