Rubiaceae
Tocoyena

Tocoyena pittieri (Standl.) Standl.

First published in Contr. Arnold Arbor. 5: 151 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to to Bolivia and N. Brazil. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru

Recorded in error in:

Honduras

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. 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.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Silberbauer-Gottsberger, I., Gottsberger, G & Ehrendorfer, F. (1992). Hybrid speciation and radiation in the neotropical woody genus Tocoyena (Rubiaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 181: 143-169.

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

  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
  • 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
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1990 Jiménez, Q.; Zúñiga, R. [814] Costa Rica K001491361 Yes
Costa Rica K001491360 Yes
Costa Rica K001491362 Yes
Costa Rica K001491363 Yes
Costa Rica K001491364 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Vásquez, R.; Campos, J.; Cordova, B. [26744] Peru Tocoyena williamsii K000994103 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Campos, J.; Corrales, S. [3609] Peru Tocoyena williamsii K001491351 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Cedeño, J.A. [7618] Ecuador Tocoyena williamsii K000994105 Yes
Feb 1, 1971 Schunke, J. [1187] Peru Tocoyena williamsii K000424423 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ducke, A. [1148] Brazil Tocoyena williamsii K001192559 Yes
Klug, G. [2750] Peru Tocoyena williamsii K000424425 Unknown Type Material Yes
Williams, L. [8097] Peru Tocoyena williamsii K000424424 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Chango, M.A.; Chango, N.O. [12296] Ecuador Tocoyena williamsii K000994104 Yes
Schultes, R.E. [6553] Colombia Tocoyena williamsii K001192558 Yes
Peru Tocoyena williamsii K001491352 Yes
Peru Tocoyena williamsii K001491353 Yes
Peru Tocoyena williamsii K001491354 Yes
Peru Tocoyena williamsii K001491355 Yes
Peru Tocoyena williamsii K001491356 Yes
Peru Tocoyena williamsii K001491357 Yes
Ecuador Tocoyena williamsii K001491358 Yes
Costa Rica Tocoyena obliquinervia K001491359 No

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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