Cornus excelsa
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, González-Espinosa, M & Ramírez-Marcial, N. 2019. Cornus excelsa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T126300416A136782117. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T126300416A136782117.en. Accessed 19 November 2022.
|genus=Cornus
|parent=Cornus subg. Kraniopsis
|species=excelsa
|authority=Kunth
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- Swida excelsa (Kunth) Soják
- Thelycrania excelsa (Kunth) Pojark.
- Cornus lanceolata Rose
- Cornus pubescens Willd.
- Cornus tolucensis Kunth
- Swida lanceolata (Rose) Holub
- Swida tolucensis (Kunth) Holub
- Thelycrania lanceolata (Rose) Pojark.
- Thelycrania tolucensis (Kunth) Pojark.
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Cornus excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood genus (Cornus). It is native to mountain forests of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Description
Range and habitat
Cornus excelsa is found in the mountains of Mexico and northern Central America, including the Sierra Madre Oriental, southern Sierra Madre Occidental, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Sierra Madre del Sur, and Chiapas Highlands of Mexico, the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Mexico and Guatemala, and the Guatemalan Highlands of Guatemala and Honduras.
It is typically found in cloud forests, where it is a common early successional tree found in secondary vegetation. It is also found on ridges and slopes in montane oak and pine–oak forests. It ranges from 1,500 to 2,800 meters elevation.
Seedlings can be readily grown from chemically scarified seeds.
References
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Category:Cloud forest flora of Mexico
Category:Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental
Category:Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental
Category:Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca
Category:Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur
Category:Flora of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Category:Flora of the Chiapas Highlands
Category:Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Category:Flora of the Central American montane forests
Category:Flora of the Central American pine–oak forests