Verbenaceae
Petrea

Petrea volubilis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 626 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida, Mexico to Tropical America. It is a scrambling shrub or liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

East Himalaya, Gambia, Marshall Is.

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.
  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Deng, Y.F., Li, Z.Y., Wang, Q. & Peng, H. (2020). Flora of Pan-Himalaya 46: 1-570. Science Press, Beijing. Cambridge University Press.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gonçales Salimenas, F.R. & al. (2016). Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 47: 1-157. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • 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.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60 : 86 (1973).
  • Biegel, Check-list Ornam. Pl. Rhod. Parks & Gard. [Rhodesia Agric. J., Research Report No. 3]: 83 (1977).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 2 (1992).
  • J. S. African Bot. 44 , 2: 119 (1978).
  • Phytologia 7 : 446 (1961)
  • Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 : 32 (1938)
  • Rev. Fl. Ceylon 4 : 274 (1983).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Deng, Y.F., Li, Z.Y., Wang, Q. & Peng, H. (2020). Flora of Pan-Himalaya 46: 1-570. Science Press, Beijing. Cambridge University Press.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.

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
  • Castro-Moreno, C. (2019). Línea base de especies en términos de su vocación de conservación y uso sostenible del departamento de Santander-Proyecto Santander BIO.
  • 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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Regnell, A.F. [385] Brazil K000944129 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Burchell [4521] Brazil K000944131 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Hatschbach, G.G.; Barbosa, E. [59406] Brazil K000944120 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Gardner [807] Brazil K000944130 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Spruce [2536] Brazil K000944124 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Dubs, B. [1723] Brazil K000944122 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Burchell [7539] Brazil K000944127 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Silva, P.E.N.; bensusan, N.r.; Andahur, P.V.; Mendonça, R.C. [186] Brazil K000944123 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Widgren [s.n.] Brazil K000944148 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Spruce, R. [2172] Brazil K000944135 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000944145 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Burchell [5365] Brazil K000944126 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Mori, S.A.; Prance, G.T.; Hill, R.J.; Bernardi, J.C.; Shimabukuru, D. [9131] Brazil K000944121 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 s.coll. [118] Brazil K000944132 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 s.coll. [118] Brazil K000944143 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Dusén, P. [10745] Brazil K000944133 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Spruce [2172] Brazil K000944138 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Gardner [5127] Brazil K000944141 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Galeotti, H.G. [795] Mexico K000487086 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Linden, J. [18] Mexico K000487087 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [7539] Brazil K000944125 Yes
K:SPC-16936.000 No
Burchell [5365] Brazil K000944128 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Glaziou, A. [15324] Brazil Petrea racemosa K000944147 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Gottsberger, I.S.; Campos, C.J. [1626970] Brazil Petrea racemosa K000944150 Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Tweedie, J. [s.n.] Brazil Petrea racemosa K000820969 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil Petrea racemosa K000820968 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil Petrea racemosa K000820970 Syntype Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Hagendorf [s.n.] Brazil Petrea racemosa K000820972 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil Petrea racemosa K000820971 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Petrea racemosa K000487076 Lectotype Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Spruce, R. [2926] Brazil Petrea nitidula K000487077 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Spruce, R. [2926] Brazil Petrea nitidula K000895064 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Spruce, R. [2536] Petrea nitidula K000895065 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1936 Krukoff, B.A. [4930] Brazil Petrea amazonica K000487085 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Bavazzano, R. [1078] Tanzania Petrea kohautiana K000509594 No
Jan 1, 1992 Anderson, C.W. [s.n.] Guyana Petrea rivularis K000487074 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Anderson, C.W. [s.n.] Guyana Petrea rivularis K000487075 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Kalbreyer [1634] Colombia Petrea atrocoerulea K000487072 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1936 Traill, J.W.H. [669] Brazil Petrea atrocoerulea K000944184 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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • 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