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Alfaroa manningii (Alfaroa manningii)

Description

Alfaroa manningii, or gavilán colorado, is a valued lumber tree of the Walnut family endemic to the premontane Costa Rican Rain Forest. The specific epithet honors the American botanist Wayne Eyer Manning(1899–2004).

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Fagales

            • Family: Juglandaceae

              • Genus: Alfaroa