Cornus disciflora

Cornus disciflora
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Cornales
Family:	Cornaceae
Genus:	Cornus
Species:	C. disciflora
Binomial name
Cornus disciflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Synonyms
Benthamia disciflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) K.Koch Benthamidia disciflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) H.Hara Benthamia grandis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Nakai Benthamidia disciflora var. floccosa (Wangerin) H.Hara Cornus capitata Sessé & Moc. Cornus disciflora var. floccosa (Wangerin) Standl. Cornus disciflora f. floccosa (Wangerin) Rickett Cornus floccosa Wangerin Cornus grandis Schltdl. & Cham. Cynoxylon disciflorum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Hutch. Cynoxylon floccosum (Wangerin) Hutch. Cynoxylon grande (Cham. & Schltdl.) Pojark. Discocrania disciflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Trifonova & I.G.Zubkova Discocrania floccosa (Wangerin) M.Král

Cornus disciflora is a species of flowering plant native to Mexico and Central America.

Description

Cornus disciflora is a small to a large tree, growing from 6 to 25 meters tall. It flowers from January to July and September to December, and fruits in March and April and from June to November.

Range and habitat

Cornus disciflora is distributed throughout the mountains of Mexico and Central America, where it is found in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur, and Chiapas Highlands of Mexico, the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Mexico and Guatemala, the Chortis Highlands of El Salvador, Honduras, and northern Nicaragua, and the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica and western Panama.

It is generally found in humid forests, including montane and premontane cloud forests and oak forests, and in wet areas of subhumid montane forests, between 1,000 and 2,900 meters elevation.

The fruits are an important food source for birds.