Ocotea puberula

Ocotea puberula
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Ocotea
Species:	O. puberula
Binomial name
	Ocotea puberula; (Rich.) Nees
Synonyms
	Synonymy Gymnobalanus perseoides Meisn. ; Laurus puberula Rich. (1792) (basionym) ; Myrcia schaueriana O.Berg ; Myrtus dioica Spreng. ; Ocotea arechavaletae Mez ; Ocotea baturitensis Vattimo-Gil ; Ocotea martiniana (Nees) Mez ; Ocotea paraensis Coe-Teix. ; Ocotea paranapiacabensis Coe-Teix. ; Ocotea puberula var. arechavaletae (Mez) Hassl. ; Ocotea puberula var. truncata (Meisn.) Mez ; Ocotea pyramidata S.F.Blake ex Brandegee ; Ocotea subglabra Benoist ; Ocotea ucayalensis O.C.Schmidt ; Oreodaphne acutifolia var. latifolia Nees ; Oreodaphne hostmanniana Miq. ; Oreodaphne martiniana Nees ; Oreodaphne martiniana var. dubia Meisn. ; Oreodaphne martiniana var. latifolia Meisn. ; Oreodaphne martiniana var. opaca Meisn. ; Oreodaphne perseoides Nees ex Meisn. ; Oreodaphne warmingii Meisn. ; Persea marginata Bartl. ex Meisn. ; Persea richardiana Schltdl. & Cham. ; Strychnodaphne puberula (Rich.) Nees & Mart. ; Strychnodaphne puberula var. angustata Meisn. ; Strychnodaphne puberula var. truncata Meisn. ;

Ocotea puberula is a species of flowering plant in genus Ocotea of the family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging through tropical Mexico and from Costa Rica and Panama through tropical South America to northern Argentina.^[2] It grows in moist lowland and montane tropical and subtropical forests up to 1,600 meters elevation.^[1]

The species was first described as Laurus puberula by Louis Claude Richard in 1792. In 1836 Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck placed it in genus Ocotea as Ocotea puberula.^[2]

References

1 2 Ayarde, H., Bertuzzi, T., Del Valle Perea, M., Jarsún, A., Prado, D, Quiroga, P., Reinoso Franchino, G., Salinas, R., Demaio, P. & Oakley, L. (2023). "Ocotea puberula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T32489A68077248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T32489A68077248.en. Retrieved 24 March 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
1 2 3 "Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Ayarde, H., Bertuzzi, T., Del Valle Perea, M., Jarsún, A., Prado, D, Quiroga, P., Reinoso Franchino, G., Salinas, R., Demaio, P. & Oakley, L. (2023). "Ocotea puberula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T32489A68077248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T32489A68077248.en. Retrieved 24 March 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[powo-2] 1 2 3 "Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

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Taxon identifiers
Ocotea puberula	Wikidata: Q1334039 Wikispecies: Ocotea puberula CoL: 48HTH EoL: 5393555 FNA: 242433422 GBIF (old): 7304142 iNaturalist: 285224 IPNI: 1032261-2 IUCN: 32489 NCBI: 489023 Open Tree of Life: 90817 Plant List: kew-2386933 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1032261-2 Tropicos: 17801225 WFO: wfo-0000383318
Laurus puberula	Wikidata: Q39102758 CoL: 3SN5T GBIF (old): 4176867 IPNI: 326511-2 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326511-2 Tropicos: 17804667 WFO: wfo-0000364116

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