Ocotea puberula

{{short description|Species of plant}} {{speciesbox |image = Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees .jpg |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Ayarde, H., Bertuzzi, T., Del Valle Perea, M., Jarsún, A., Prado, D, Quiroga, P., Reinoso Franchino, G., Salinas, R., Demaio, P. & Oakley, L. |date=2023 |title=''Ocotea puberula'' |volume=2023 |article-number=e.T32489A68077248 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T32489A68077248.en |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref> |genus = Ocotea |species = puberula |authority = (Rich.) Nees |synonyms={{collapsible list|bullets=true |title=Synonymy |''Gymnobalanus perseoides'' {{small|Meisn.}} |''Laurus puberula'' {{small|Rich. (1792)}} (basionym) |''Myrcia schaueriana'' {{small|O.Berg}} |''Myrtus dioica'' {{small|Spreng.}} |''Ocotea arechavaletae'' {{small|Mez}} |''Ocotea baturitensis'' {{small|Vattimo-Gil}} |''Ocotea martiniana'' {{small|(Nees) Mez}} |''Ocotea paraensis'' {{small|Coe-Teix.}} |''Ocotea paranapiacabensis'' {{small|Coe-Teix.}} |''Ocotea puberula var. arechavaletae'' {{small|(Mez) Hassl.}} |''Ocotea puberula var. truncata'' {{small|(Meisn.) Mez}} |''Ocotea pyramidata'' {{small|S.F.Blake ex Brandegee}} |''Ocotea subglabra'' {{small|Benoist}} |''Ocotea ucayalensis'' {{small|O.C.Schmidt}} |''Oreodaphne acutifolia var. latifolia'' {{small|Nees}} |''Oreodaphne hostmanniana'' {{small|Miq.}} |''Oreodaphne martiniana'' {{small|Nees}} |''Oreodaphne martiniana var. dubia'' {{small|Meisn.}} |''Oreodaphne martiniana var. latifolia'' {{small|Meisn.}} |''Oreodaphne martiniana var. opaca'' {{small|Meisn.}} |''Oreodaphne perseoides'' {{small|Nees ex Meisn.}} |''Oreodaphne warmingii'' {{small|Meisn.}} |''Persea marginata'' {{small|Bartl. ex Meisn.}} |''Persea richardiana'' {{small|Schltdl. & Cham.}} |''Strychnodaphne puberula'' {{small|(Rich.) Nees & Mart.}} |''Strychnodaphne puberula var. angustata'' {{small|Meisn.}} |''Strychnodaphne puberula var. truncata'' {{small|Meisn.}} }} |synonyms_ref= <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Ocotea puberula'' (Rich.) Nees |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1032261-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref> }}

'''''Ocotea puberula''''' is a species of flowering plant in genus ''Ocotea'' of the family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging through tropical Mexico and from Costa Rica and Panama through tropical South America to northern Argentina.<ref name = powo/> It grows in moist lowland and montane tropical and subtropical forests up to 1,600 meters elevation.<ref name = iucn/>

The species was first described as ''Laurus puberula'' by Louis Claude Richard in 1792. In 1836 Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck placed it in genus ''Ocotea'' as ''Ocotea puberula''.<ref name = powo/>

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puberula Category:Flora of Northeast Argentina Category:Flora of Northwest Argentina Category:Flora of Brazil Category:Flora of Costa Rica Category:Flora of Mexico Category:Flora of Panama Category:Flora of Paraguay Category:Flora of northern South America Category:Flora of western South America Category:Flora of Uruguay Category:Cloud forest flora of Mexico Category:Trees of Northern America Category:Least concern flora of Central America Category:Least concern flora of Mexico Category:Least concern flora of South America Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Plants described in 1792 Category:Taxa named by Louis Claude Richard