Cecropia angustifolia

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Cecropia angustifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Cecropia
Species:
C. angustifolia
Binomial name
Cecropia angustifolia

Cecropia angustifolia is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It is native from Mexico to South America. It is used as a street tree in a number of Colombian cities. [2]

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<i>Azteca muelleri</i> Species of ant

Azteca muelleri is a species of ant in the genus Azteca. Described by the Italian entomologist Carlo Emery in 1893, the species is native to Central and South America. It lives in colonies in the hollow trunk and branches of Cecropia trees. The specific name muelleri was given in honour of a German biologist Fritz Müller, who discovered that the small bodies at the petiole-bases of Cecropia are food bodies.

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References

  1. Zamora, N.A. (2022). "Cecropia angustifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T152001040A152001042. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T152001040A152001042.en . Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID   225429443.