PLANTS Profile for Castilla elastica ssp. costaricana (castilla)

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PLANTS Profile

Castilla elastica Sessé ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C. Berg
castilla

Symbol:

CAELC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Moraceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

Distribution:

Not in PFA

More Information:

Images:
Castilla elastica Sessé ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C. Berg

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Synonyms:
Castilla elastica Sessé ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C. Berg

CAPA66

Castilla panamensis O.F. Cook

Related Taxa:
Castilla elastica Sessé ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C. Berg

View 15 genera in Moraceae, 2 species in Castilla, 2 subspecies in Castilla elastica Sessé

Classification:
Castilla elastica Sessé ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C. Berg

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Urticales
Family	Moraceae – Mulberry family
Genus	Castilla Cerv. – castilla
Species	Castilla elastica Sessé – Panama rubbertree
Subspecies	Castilla elastica Sessé ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C. Berg – castilla

U.S. Weed Information:
Castilla elastica Sessé ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C. Berg

Castilla elastica
Mexican rubber tree
Panama rubber tree
puluvao

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

FLEPPC

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.

More Accounts and Images:
Castilla elastica Sessé ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C. Berg

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524862.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 10:10 AM CDT