Siparuna calantha

taxobox
name = "Siparuna calantha"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Magnoliids
ordo = Laurales
familia = Siparunaceae
genus = "Siparuna"
species = "S. calantha"
binomial = "Siparuna calantha"
binomial_authority = Renner & Hausner 2000|

"Siparuna calantha" is an evergreen dioecious shrub which grows to around 10 m in height. It is found only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. It is similar to "Siparuna petiolaris" but differs in having much broader leaves.

References

* [http://www.umsl.edu/~biosrenn/Novon2000.pdf New species of "Siparuna"]