Apocynaceae
Macoubea

Macoubea guianensis Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane, Suppl.: 18 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • De la Pava R. (2012). Ruta de aprovechamiento y producción de la Damagua (Poulsenia armata) especie asociada a la producción artesanal en el Chocó. Bogotá: Artesanías de Colombia. https://repositorio.artesaniasdecolombia.com.co/bitstream/001/3928/1/INST-D%202012.%2014.pdf
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • García Castro, N. J. (2011). Plantas nativas empleadas en alimentación en Colombia. Instituo de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander von Humboldt. http://repository.humboldt.org.co/handle/20.500.11761/31275
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2013 Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Kubitzki, K.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Lima, J.F. [12262] Brazil K000965428 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Cid Ferreira, C.A. [8096] Brazil K000965426 Yes
Jul 21, 1985 Prance, G.T.; Silva, A.S.; Berg, C.C.; Henderson, A.J.; Nelson, B.W.; Balick, M.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, M.R. [P24964] Brazil K000965424 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Rabelo, B.V.; Cardoso, J. [2882] Brazil K000965427 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Fróes, R.L. [21275] Brazil K000965538 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Mori, S.A.; Silva, L.A.M.; Santos, T.S. [10425] Brazil K000965423 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Fróes, R.L. [1795] Brazil K000965534 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Ducke, A. [1006] Brazil K000965533 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Krukoff, B.A. [7046] Brazil K000965537 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D. [1954] Brazil K000965535 Yes
Sep 1, 1911 s.coll. [s.n.] K000965422 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Wurdack, K.J.; Rodriguez, A.; Perry, C.; Ragnauth, P.; John, N.; Joseph, E. [6340] Guyana K001516925 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [2498] Colombia K001489167 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [s.n.] Brazil K000965536 Yes
Ducke, A. [21611] Brazil K000965532 Yes
Bamps, P. [5092] Brazil K000965425 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7046] Brazil K000965433 Yes
[2336] Brazil K000587534 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colombia K001489168 Yes
Venezuela K001489169 Yes
Venezuela K001489170 Yes
Venezuela K001489171 Yes
Peru K001489172 Yes
Peru K001489173 Yes
Peru K001489174 Yes
Peru K001489175 Yes
Peru K001489176 Yes
Morales, J.F.; Gonzalez, J.; Taylor, K.; García, D. [2534] Costa Rica Tabernaemontana macrophylla K001492926 Yes
Morales, J.F.; Gonzalez, J.; Taylor, K.; García, D. [2534] Costa Rica Tabernaemontana macrophylla K001492927 Yes
Costa Rica Tabernaemontana macrophylla K001492923 Yes
Costa Rica Tabernaemontana macrophylla K001492924 Yes
Costa Rica Tabernaemontana macrophylla K001492925 Yes
Costa Rica Tabernaemontana macrophylla K001492928 Yes
s.coll. [3693] Venezuela Macoubea sinuosa K000587538 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [3693] Brazil Macoubea sinuosa K000587539 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0