Rubiaceae
Palicourea

Palicourea acuminata (Benth.) Borhidi

First published in Acta Bot. Hung. 53: 243 (2011)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to S. Tropical America, Cuba. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berger, A. (2018). Synopsis and typification of Mexican and Central American Palicourea (Rubiaceae: Palicoureeae), part I: The entomophilous species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 120: 59-140.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.

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
  • 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
  • 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/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1977 Zarucchi, J.L.; Schultes, R.E. [1064] Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429628 Yes
Jan 1, 1943 Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429649 Yes
s.coll. [1061] Colombia Psychotria acuminata K000634980 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wright, C. [2753] Cuba Psychotria acuminata K000174246 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hinds, R.B.; Sinclair, A. [s.n.] Colombia Psychotria acuminata K000432855 Unknown Type Material Yes
Berg, C.C. [602] Brazil Psychotria acuminata K001199085 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Psychotria acuminata K001199083 Yes
Gassini, F. [s.n.] Brazil Psychotria acuminata K001199084 Yes
[illegible] [[N1]] Nicaragua Psychotria acuminata K000432856 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bahia, R.P. [750] Brazil Psychotria acuminata K001199082 Yes
Panama Psychotria acuminata K001429625 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429626 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429627 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Schultes, R.E. [1064], Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429628 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429629 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429630 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429631 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429632 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429633 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001429634 Yes
Ecuador Psychotria acuminata K001429636 Yes
Ecuador Psychotria acuminata K001429637 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429638 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429639 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429640 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429641 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429642 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429643 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429644 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429645 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429646 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429647 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429648 Yes
Peru Psychotria acuminata K001429650 Yes
Bolivia Psychotria acuminata K001429651 Yes
Bolivia Psychotria acuminata K001429652 Yes
Venezuela Psychotria acuminata K001430483 Yes
Venezuela Psychotria acuminata K001430484 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430772 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430773 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430774 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430775 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430776 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430777 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430778 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430779 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430780 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430781 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430782 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430783 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430784 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430785 Yes
Colombia Psychotria acuminata K001430786 Yes
n/a Psychotria acuminata K001430788 Yes
n/a Psychotria acuminata K001430789 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/

  • 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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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