Name:
Catatumbo Magdalena Humid Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Evergreen dense, tall forests 30-40 m high with emergents up to 60 m, and various strata. It is partially and periodically flooded and occurs at the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo and in adjacent parts of Colombia. It forms part of the Catatumbo Refugia with important connections to the Amazonian flora. It is found also in the lower Magdalena and Cauca valleys, and very localized in the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The following list of species is diagnostic for this macrogroup: <i>Cariniana pyriformis, Anacardium excelsum, Acosmium panamense, Gustavia hexapetala, Ceiba pentandra, Sterculia apetala, Trichilia pleeana, Trichilia maynasiana, Faramea capillipes, Miconia mocquerysii, Miconia barbinervis, Miconia nervosa, Pterygota colombiana, Vochysia lehmannii, Rhodospatha perezii, Spathiphyllum perezii, Pentaclethra macroloba, Calophyllum antillanum (= Calophyllum brasiliense), Parkia pendula, Tapirira guianensis, Carapa guianensis, Eschweilera microcalyx, Clathrotropis brachypetala, Humiriastrum colombianum, Protium pedicelatum, Pseudolmedia rigida, Couma macrocarpa, Pterocarpus officinalis, Swartzia cuspidata, Sterculia steyermarkii, Terminalia amazonia, Grias foetida, Iranthera ulei, Caryocar amygdaliferum, Swietenia macrophylla, Aspidosperma dugandii, Aspidosperma curranii, Bombacopsis quinata, Cedrela fissilis, Cedrela mexicana, Brosimum</i> sp.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40835-{5107E40A-57C5-47DD-BB93-6DEE78F96C3C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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