Rubiaceae
Erithalis

Erithalis fruticosa L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 930 (1759)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Honduras, S. Florida to Caribbean, Colombia to Guyana. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, 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.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.
  • Negrón-Ortiz, V. (2005). Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus: Erithalis (Rubiaceae: Chiococceae). Sida 21: 1565-1598.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 930 (1759).

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Negrón-Ortiz, V. (2005). Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus: Erithalis (Rubiaceae: Chiococceae). Sida 21: 1565-1598.
  • 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.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • 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?
Oct 3, 2006 Hamilton, M.A.; Manco, B.N.; Ewing, C. [464] Turks and Caicos Islands K:SPC-65261.000 No
Jan 1, 2004 Wright, C. [2721] Cuba K000173942 Isotype Yes
Wilson, P. [7437] Bahamas, The K001493274 Yes
Bahamas K001493238 Yes
Puerto Rico K001493239 Yes
Jamaica K001493240 Yes
Jamaica K001493241 Yes
Jamaica K001493242 Yes
Jamaica K001493243 Yes
Jamaica K001493244 Yes
Jamaica K001493245 Yes
Jamaica K001493246 Yes
Guadeloupe K001493247 Yes
Guadeloupe K001493248 Yes
Lesser Antilles K001493249 Yes
Lesser Antilles K001493250 Yes
n/a K001493251 Yes
n/a K001493252 Yes
n/a K001493253 Yes
n/a K001493254 Yes
n/a K001493255 Yes
n/a K001493256 Yes
n/a K001493257 Yes
n/a K001493258 Yes
n/a K001493259 Yes
n/a K001493260 Yes
n/a K001493261 Yes
n/a K001493262 Yes
n/a K001493263 Yes
n/a K001493264 Yes
n/a K001493265 Yes
n/a K001493266 Yes
Guadeloupe K001493267 Yes
n/a K001493268 Yes
n/a K001493269 Yes
n/a K001493270 Yes
n/a K001493271 Yes
n/a K001493272 Yes
n/a K001493273 Yes
n/a K001493275 Yes
n/a K001493276 Yes
n/a K001493277 Yes
n/a K001493278 Yes
n/a K001493279 Yes
n/a K001493280 Yes
n/a K001493281 Yes
n/a K001493282 Yes
n/a K001493283 Yes
n/a K001493284 Yes
n/a K001493285 Yes
n/a K001493286 Yes
n/a K001493287 Yes
n/a K001493288 Yes
n/a K001493289 Yes
n/a K001493290 Yes
n/a K001493291 Yes
n/a K001493292 Yes
n/a K001493293 Yes
n/a K001493294 Yes
n/a K001493295 Yes
n/a K001493296 Yes
Ind. Occ. K001493297 Yes
Ind. Occ. K001493298 Yes
Ind. Occ. K001493299 Yes
Ind. Occ. K001493300 Yes
n/a K001493301 Yes
n/a K001493302 Yes
n/a K001493303 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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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