Alfaroa

Alfaroa costaricensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Juglandaceae
Subfamilia: Engelhardioideae
Genus: Alfaroa
Species: A. costaricensis – A. guanacastensis – A. guatemalensis – A. hondurensis – A. manningii – A. mexicana – A. williamsii

Name

Alfaroa Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17(4): 78 (1927).

• Typus: Alfaroa costaricensis Standl. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17(4): 78 (1927).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1927. Alfaroa, a new genus of trees of the family Juglandaceae from Costa Rica. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17(4): 77–79. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Stone, D.E. 2010. Review of New World Alfaroa and Old World Alfaropsis (Juglandaceae). Novon 20(2): 215–224. DOI: 10.3417/2009027 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Alfaroa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 01. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Alfaroa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 01. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. 01. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Alfaroa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mar 01. Published online. Accessed: 2022.

Vernacular names

فارسی: الفاروا كوستاريسينسيس

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