{{short description|Monotypic genus of plants}} {{speciesbox | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Zamora, N.A. |date= 2023 |title=''Povedadaphne quadriporata'' |volume= 2023 |article-number=e.T32952A138501927 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T32952A138501927.en |access-date=5 May 2026}}</ref> | genus = Ocotea | species = quadriporata | authority = (W.C.Burger) Kosterm. | synonyms = ''Povedadaphne quadriporata'' {{small|W.C.Burger}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Ocotea quadriporata'' (W.C.Burger) Kosterm. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:947994-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Ocotea quadriporata''''' is a species of evergreen "lauroid" tree endemic to Costa Rica.<ref name = powo/> It grows in tropical montane laurel forest habitat, a type of cloud forest.
==Description== ''Ocotea quadriporata'' is an evergreen hermaphrodite tree of 25 m tall, of tropical mountain cloud forest with leathery leaves alternate, simple and entire. The flowers are bisexual. Known from sites in the San Ramón Forest Reserve, near Ciudad Quesada and east of Sarapiquí river, in Heredia Province of Costa Rica.
==Classification== The species was first described as ''Povedadaphne quadriporata'' in 1988 by William Carl Burger, who placed in the monotypic genus ''Povedadaphne''. It was moved into genus ''Ocotea'' in 1990 by André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans.<ref name = powo/> The genus name, laurel of Poveda, is dedicated to Luis J. Poveda Alvarez. Professor of National University of Costa Rica. ''O. quadripora'' resembles the neotropical Lauraceae genus ''Williamodendron'',<ref>{{Cite journal|jstor = 3391709|title = A New Species of Williamodendron (Lauraceae) from Southern Brazil|journal = Novon|volume = 1|issue = 1|pages = 6–8|last1 = Van Der Werff|first1 = Henk|year = 1991}}</ref> by the position of the anther cells, at the flat apical portion, of the anthers, which is unusual in Lauraceae. The species is characterized by an extremely rare combination of characters. There is little information regarding the species due to its scarcity.
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quadriporata Category:Endemic flora of Costa Rica Category:Near threatened flora of Central America Category:Plants described in 1988 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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