Apocynaceae
Prestonia

Prestonia quinquangularis (Jacq.) Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 637 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1947). Apocynaceae. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(3): 144-162. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Morales, J.F. (2004). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales VII. Candollea 59: 159-165.
  • Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XIX: La familia Apocynaceae s.str. (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) de Costa Rica. Darwiniana 43: 90-191.
  • Morales, J.F. (2007). Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Prestonia para Brasil (Apocynaceae, Echiteae). Darwiniana 45: 213-217.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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

  • Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XIX: La familia Apocynaceae s.str. (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) de Costa Rica. Darwiniana 43: 90-191.
  • Morales, J.F. (2007). Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Prestonia para Brasil (Apocynaceae, Echiteae). Darwiniana 45: 213-217.
  • Scatolin do Rio, M.C. & Kinoshita, L.S. (2005). Prestonia (Apocynaceae) no Sul e Suleste do Brasil. Hoehnea 32: 233-258.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Belgrano, M.J. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2021). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(2): 1-466. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

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
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Santos, J.L.; Oliveira, J.G. [7987] Brazil K000903492 Yes
Aug 1, 2000 Plowman, T.; Schultes, R.E.; Tovar, O. [7261] Peru K001488660 Yes
Aug 1, 2000 s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000903491 Yes
Spruce, R. [4924] Peru K000582583 Isotype Yes
Spruce, R. [4924] Peru K000582584 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Pinheiro, A.N.; Rosário, C.S.; Silva, N.A. [3295] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000903441 Yes
May 27, 1966 Pires, J.M.; Martin, R.T. [9940] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000903437 Yes
Harley, R.M. [24748] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000903442 Yes
Smith, H.H. [1645] Colombia Prestonia acutifolia K001488661 Yes
s.coll. [896] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000903439 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Silva, P.E.N.; Machado, J.W.B.; Ramos, P.C.M.; Silva Jr., M.C. [6432] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000903443 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Pott, A.; Pott, V.J.; Bueno, N.C.; Salis, S.M.; Silva, M.P. [6520] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000903444 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Rusby, H.H. [2053] Bolivia Prestonia acutifolia K000582586 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [1136] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000582569 Unknown Type Material Yes
Egler, W.A. [896] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000903438 Yes
Rusby, H.H.; Squires, W. [302] Venezuela Prestonia acutifolia K000582585 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Prestonia acutifolia K000903440 Yes
Venezuela Prestonia acutifolia K001488662 Yes
Venezuela Prestonia acutifolia K001488663 Yes
Venezuela Prestonia acutifolia K001488664 Yes
Venezuela Prestonia acutifolia K001488665 Yes
Ecuador Prestonia acutifolia K001488666 Yes
Ecuador Prestonia acutifolia K001488667 Yes
Ecuador Prestonia acutifolia K001488668 Yes
Ecuador Prestonia acutifolia K001488669 Yes
Peru Prestonia acutifolia K001488670 Yes
Peru Prestonia acutifolia K001488671 Yes
Peru Prestonia acutifolia K001488672 Yes
Peru Prestonia acutifolia K001488673 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/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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