Olmedia

Olmedia aspera is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, Moraceae. It is the sole species in genus Olmedia. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Brazil.[1]

Olmedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Olmedia
Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
Species:
O. aspera
Binomial name
Olmedia aspera
Ruiz & Pav. (1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Olmedia caucana Pittier (1912)
  • Olmedia falcifolia Pittier (1912)
  • Olmedia poeppigiana Klotzsch (1847), nom. illeg.
  • Trophis aurantiaca Herzog (1909)
  • Trophis caucana (Pittier) C.C.Berg (1988)

References
  1. Olmedia aspera Ruiz & Pav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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