Rubiaceae
Machaonia

Machaonia brasiliensis (Hoffmanns. ex Humb.) Cham. & Schltdl.

First published in Linnaea 4: 2 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Venezuela to NE. Argentina. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Guyana

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  • Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás. [Cited as Machaonia acuminata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Delprete, P.G., Smith, L.B., Klein, R.M. (2005). Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 2: 349-842. Herbário "Barbosa Rodrigues", Atají, Brasil.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Lombardi, J.A., et al. [5113] Brazil K000265470 Yes
Sep 1, 1998 Gardner [1700A] Brazil K000015344 Yes
Sep 1, 1998 Gardner [1700] Brazil K000015343 Yes
Burchell [s.n.] Brazil K001194774 Yes
Lindeman, J.C. [4412] Brazil K001194772 Yes
Isabelle, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001194773 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [64086] Brazil K001194771 Yes
Glaziou [9898] Brazil K001194776 Yes
Dusén, P. [11310] Brazil K001194777 Yes
Kollmann, L. [6173] Brazil K001194769 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5969] Brazil K001194779 Yes
Lombardi, J.A. [5098] Brazil K001194770 Yes
Riedel [795] Brazil K001194775 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5969] Brazil K001194778 Yes
Celi, F.S. [432] Brazil K001194768 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Gardner [1700] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K000003480 Yes
Sep 1, 1998 Mattos Silva, L.A.; dos Santos, T.S.; Brito, H.da, S. [275] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K000015345 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Mori, S.A.; Mattos Silva, L.A.; dos Santos, T.S.; Kallunki, J.A.; Pennington, T.D. [9535] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K000015346 Yes
Castellanos, A. [24485] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K001194801 Yes
Rambo, B. [44925] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K001194802 Yes
Gardner [1700] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K001194799 Yes
Burchell [8444] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K001194796 Yes
Castellanos, A. [24485] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K001194800 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [1821] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K001194798 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [1821] Brazil Machaonia spinosa K001194797 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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