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.; and 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 et al., eds (2005). New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects). Springer. pp. 600. ISBN 978-0387258546.