Ticodendron

Taxobox
name = "Ticodendron incognitum"
status = VU
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fagales
familia = Ticodendraceae
genus = "Ticodendron"
species = "T. incognitum"
binomial = "Ticodendron incognitum"
binomial_authority = Gómez-Laur. & L.D.Gómez

"Ticodendron incognitum" is the only species of "Ticodendron", and the only member of the family Ticodendraceae. It is most closely related to the family Betulaceae.

It was discovered only in 1989 in Oaxaca, Mexico, having been overlooked previously due to its habitat in poorly-researched cloud forests and its very 'ordinary' appearance; further research showed its range extends south through Central America to Panama.

It is a tree 20-30 m tall superficially resembling an alder in appearance, with alternate, simple leaves 5-12 cm long with a serrated margin.

References

* Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1c v2.3)

External links

* [http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?w3till=MOA-04104_001.jpgPhoto of leaves and fruit]
* [http://www.inbio.ac.cr/bims/Images/Ticodend.jpgPhoto of herbarium specimen]
* [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/maps/ticodendraceaemap.gifDistribution map]