''Prunus buxifolia'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of tree in the family

Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...

. It is endemic to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

,Koehne, Bernhard Adalbert Emil 1915. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52: 312-313
description in Latin, commentary in German where it is called ''chuwacá''.

Distribution and habitat

''Prunus buxifolia'' is native to the

montane forests Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

of the eastern Colombian Andes, between of elevation.

References

buxifolia Plants described in 1915 Flora of Colombia {{prunus-stub