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Trigonobalanus excelsa
Trigonobalanus excelsa, commonly called the Colombian black oak, is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is a tree endemic to Colombia.
The genus Trigonobalanus is related to the true oaks (Quercus) and includes three known species, T. excelsa and two species native to Southeast Asia.
Trigonobalanus excelsa is known from five locations in the Colombian Andes. These locations are on different mountain ranges and distant from one another. The species' estimated area of occupancy (AOO) is less than 500 km2.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trigonobalanus excelsa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
