Damburneya Explained

Damburneya is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to tropical regions of North America and South America, with the center of diversity in Central America.

Damburneya consists of around 25 species. Most species currently included in Damburneya were historically treated under Nectandra until a 2016 phylogenetic study revealed Nectrandra to be polyphyletic.

Species

25 species are currently accepted:

• Damburneya ambigens – Mexico to Honduras
• Damburneya bicolor – Panama
• Damburneya colorata – southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
• Damburneya coriacea – Mexico to Honduras, Caribbean islands, and southern Florida
• Damburneya cufodontisii – Costa Rica and Panama
• Damburneya gentlei – southern Mexico to Honduras
• Damburneya guatemalensis – Guatemala
• Damburneya inconspicua – southern Mexico and Guatemala
• Damburneya leucocome – Mexico (Chiapas)
• Damburneya longicaudata – southern Mexico to Honduras
• Damburneya longipetiolata – Costa Rica
• Damburneya martinicensis – southern Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, and Trinidad
• Damburneya matudae – Southern Mexico and Honduras
• Damburneya minima – western Cuba (incl. Isla de la Juventud).
• Damburneya mirafloris – Nicaragua
• Damburneya nitida – southern Mexico to Panama
• Damburneya parvissima – Guatemala
• Damburneya patens – Caribbean islands
• Damburneya purpurea – Chiapas, Nicaragua to Bolivia and eastern Brazil
• Damburneya roberto-andinoi – Honduras
• Damburneya rudis – Chiapas to Honduras
• Damburneya salicifolia – Mexico to Nicaragua
• Damburneya salicina – Chiapas, Costa Rica and Panama
• Damburneya smithii – Costa Rica and Panama
• Damburneya umbrosa – Honduras to Ecuador