Cecropias
Cecropia
Cecropia is a Neotropical genus consisting of sixty-one recognized species with a highly distinctive lineage of dioecious trees. The genus consists of pioneer trees in the more or less humid parts of the Neotropics, with the majority of the species being myrmecophytic. Berg and Rosselli state that the genus is characterized by some unusual traits: spathes fully enclosing the flower-bearing parts of the inflorescences until anthesis, patches of dense indumentums (trichilia) producing Mullerian (food) at the...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
trumpet tree
speciesCecropia peltata
blunt-leaved trumpet tree
speciesCecropia obtusifolia
Pumpwood
speciesCecropia pachystachya
Trumpetwood
speciesCecropia schreberiana
Umbauba
speciesCecropia glaziovii
Cecropia angustifolia
speciesCecropia angustifolia
Cecropia telenitida
speciesCecropia telenitida
white cecropia
speciesCecropia polystachya
Cecropia membranacea
speciesCecropia membranacea
Cecropia concolor
speciesCecropia concolor
Snakewood
speciesCecropia palmata
Cecropia insignis
speciesCecropia insignis
Cecropia hololeuca
speciesCecropia hololeuca
Cecropia sciadophylla
speciesCecropia sciadophylla
Cecropia marginalis
speciesCecropia marginalis
Cecropia obtusa
speciesCecropia obtusa
Cecropia latiloba
speciesCecropia latiloba
Cecropia litoralis
speciesCecropia litoralis
Cecropia maxima
speciesCecropia maxima
Cecropia longipes
speciesCecropia longipes
Cecropia elongata
speciesCecropia elongata
Cecropia mutisiana
speciesCecropia mutisiana
Cecropia pastasana
speciesCecropia pastasana
Cecropia gabrielis
speciesCecropia gabrielis
Cecropia ficifolia
speciesCecropia ficifolia
Cecropia telealba
speciesCecropia telealba
Cecropia strigosa
speciesCecropia strigosa
Cecropia engleriana
speciesCecropia engleriana
Cecropia tacuna
speciesCecropia tacuna
Cecropia montana
speciesCecropia montana
Cecropia reticulata
speciesCecropia reticulata
Cecropia saxatilis
speciesCecropia saxatilis
Cecropia distachya
speciesCecropia distachya
Cecropia purpurascens
speciesCecropia purpurascens
Cecropia hispidissima
speciesCecropia hispidissima
Cecropia metensis
speciesCecropia metensis
Cecropia ulei
speciesCecropia ulei
Cecropia bullata
speciesCecropia bullata
Cecropia utcubambana
speciesCecropia utcubambana
Cecropia angulata
speciesCecropia angulata
Cecropia putumayonis
speciesCecropia putumayonis
Cecropia subintegra
speciesCecropia subintegra
Cecropia multisecta
speciesCecropia multisecta
Cecropia heterochroma
speciesCecropia heterochroma
Cecropia albicans
speciesCecropia albicans
Cecropia virgusa
speciesCecropia virgusa
Cecropia manauara
speciesCecropia manauara
Cecropia garciae
speciesCecropia garciae
Cocos Cecropia
speciesCecropia pittieri
Cecropia sararensis
speciesCecropia sararensis
Cecropia andina
speciesCecropia andina
Cecropia herthae
speciesCecropia herthae
Cecropia velutinella
speciesCecropia velutinella
Cecropia silvae
speciesCecropia silvae
Cecropia plicata
speciesCecropia plicata
Cecropia granvilleana
speciesCecropia granvilleana
Cecropia kavanayensis
speciesCecropia kavanayensis
Cecropia annulata
speciesCecropia annulata
Cecropia goudotiana
speciesCecropia goudotiana
Cecropia polyphlebia
speciesCecropia polyphlebia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83989.