Meliaceae
Guarea

Guarea kunthiana A.Juss.

First published in Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 240 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is 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:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, Windward 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.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Mota de Oliveira, S. & Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. (eds.) (2016). Flora of the Guianas, Series A 31: 1-169. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Pennington, T.D. & Clarkson, J.J. (2013). revision of Guarea (Meliaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 70: 179-362.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. 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

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Pennington, T.D. & Clarkson, J.J. (2013). revision of Guarea (Meliaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 70: 179-362.

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
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
  • 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
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • 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/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2008 Freire, E.; Reina, M. [1267] Ecuador K000542571 No
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Henicka, G.; Reis, T.C.Y.; Phillipsen, M.; Piva, J. [1354] Brazil K000578948 No
Jan 30, 2007 Wood, J.R.I. [10424] Bolivia K000036950 No
Jan 1, 1994 Betancur, J.C.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [5070] Colombia K001343379 No
Jan 1, 1994 Betancur, J.C.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [5070] Colombia K001343378 No
Jan 1, 1979 Poiteau [s.n.] French Guiana K000380646 Isotype Yes
Beltrán, W. [32] Colombia K001343391 No
Betancur, J.C.; Pedraza-Penalosa, P.; Gonzalez, M.F.; Giraldo, G.; Gonez, F.; Duque, A.; Serna, J. [14845] Colombia K001343370 Yes
Beck, S.G. [MET03/23] Bolivia K001769429 No
Cuatrecasas, J.; Willard, L. [26150] Colombia K001343260 No
Betancur, J.C.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [4970] Colombia K001343374 Yes
Betancur, J.C.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [5084] Colombia K001343375 Yes
Betancur, J.C.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [4970] Colombia K001343373 Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-43557.000 No
Betancur, J.B.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [5215] Colombia K001343256 No
Stain, B.A.; McDade, L. [3334] Colombia K001343367 Yes
Lugo, H.S. [3510] Ecuador K001532864 Yes
Fernández, J.L.; Camero, A.; Marin, Z.; Mesa, E. [10899] Colombia K001343372 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [15705] Ecuador K:SPC-62939.000 No
Fuchs, H.P.; Torres Romero, J.H.; Zanella, A. [22361] Colombia K001343369 Yes
Haught, O. [2198] Colombia K001343363 No
Cuatrecasas, J.; Willard, L. [26150] Colombia K001343259 No
Poiteau [s.n.] French Guiana K000380586 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [15195] Ecuador K:SPC-29047.936 No
Sprague, T.A. [368] Colombia K001343361 No
Betancur, J.C.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [5440] Colombia K001343377 No
Gentry, A.; Monsalve, M.; Leon, H.; Zardini, E. [54012] Colombia K001343366 Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-43563.000 No
Gentry, A., et al. [34935] Colombia K001343362 No
Sequeira, V.; Flores, P. Ecuador K:SPC-58784.000 No
Stein, B.A. [3431] Colombia K001343394 No
Poiteau [s.n.] French Guiana K000380587 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gentry, A.; Monsalve, M. [53145] Colombia K001343365 Yes
Callejas, R.; Roldam, F.J.; Arbelaez, A.L. [6225] Colombia K001343371 Yes
Zaruchi, J.L.; Echeverry, B. [4718] Colombia K001343364 Yes
Callejas, R.; Roldan, F.J.; Arbelaez, M.L.; Fonnegra, R. [5733] Colombia K001343392 No
Cuatrecasas, J.; Willard, L. [26150] Colombia K001343360 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-43575.000 No
Hassler, E. [5184] Paraguay K000380588 Unknown Type Material Yes
Betancur, J.C.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [5430] Colombia K001343376 Yes
Van Andel, T.; Moreno, J., Natapi, N [393] Colombia K001343395 No
Londoño, A.C.; Alvarez, E.; Moreno, E.; Fajardo, M. [1541] Colombia K001343257 No
Gentry, A. [48112] Colombia K001343389 No
de Escobar, L.A.; Uribe, A.; Vallejo, J.; Velasques, P.; Escobar, O. [8210] Colombia K001343255 No
Betancur, J.C.; Galvis, P.; Marin, Z. [5124] Colombia K001343380 No
Luteyn, J.L.; Callejas, R.; Escobar, O. [12019] Colombia K001343393 No
Gentry, A.; Monslave, M.; Silverstone, P. [47694] Colombia K001343390 No
Silverstone-Sopkin, P.; Paz, N. [6943] Colombia K001343258 No
Steinbach, J. [7437] Bolivia K000380627 Unknown Type Material Yes
Duivenvoorden, J. [891] Colombia K001343368 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/

  • 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

  • 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