Alzatea
Sign in to saveAlzatea verticillata is a small flowering tree, native to the Neotropics. It inhabits moist submontane forests from Costa Rica and Panama in Central America south to Peru and Bolivia in tropical South America. It is the sole species of genus Alzatea and family Alzateaceae.
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Vinony's link graph records 434 inbound references to Alzatea, and connects out to Africa, South America and Peru.
Vinony files it under Flora of the Neotropical realm, IUCN Red List least concern species and Monotypic Myrtales genera.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Alzateaceae
- Named after
- José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez
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- Alzatea verticillata imported from iNaturalist photo 173522367 on 27 January 2022.jpg
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Alzatea verticillata is a small flowering tree, native to the Neotropics. It inhabits moist submontane forests from Costa Rica and Panama in Central America south to Peru and Bolivia in tropical South America. It is the sole species of genus Alzatea and family Alzateaceae.
==Description== Alzatea verticillata has opposite, obovate or elliptical leaves. Its flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual, and lack a corolla. The flowers and fruit are similar to the Myrtaceae but the ovary is superior. The fruit is a loculicidal capsule.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alzatea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.