Dilleniaceae
Davilla

Davilla nitida (Vahl) Kubitzki

First published in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 95 (1971)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Tropical America. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

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.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • 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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • 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
  • Ortiz, F. (1989). Botánica médica guahibo. plantas medicinales, mágicas y psicotrópicas utilizadas por los sikuani y cuiba (llanos orientales de colombia). Caldasia 16 (76): 14-22

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 10, 2010 Richards, P.W. [6510] Brazil K001071518 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [5894] Brazil K001071517 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Harley, R.M.; Souza, R. [10233] Brazil K001071519 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Maguire, B.; Pires, J.M.; Maguire, C.K.; Silva, N.T., da [56368] Brazil K001071527 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Pires, J.M.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52170] Brazil K001071522 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Barbosa da Silva, M. [94] Brazil K001071525 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Pires, J.M.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52057] Brazil K001071523 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Burchell [9627] Brazil K001071088 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Burchell [9671] Brazil K001071087 Yes
Mar 10, 2010 Ule, E. [9611] Brazil K001071524 Yes
Mar 5, 2010 Philcox, D.; Fereira, A.; Bertoldo, J. [3341] Brazil K001071520 Yes
Mar 5, 2010 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [8795] Brazil K001071521 Yes
Mar 5, 2010 Ratter, J.A.; Silva, P.E.N.; Silva, M.C.; Haridasan, M.; Wallter, B.M.T.; Carvalho-Okano, R.M., de [R/6373] Brazil K001071516 Yes
Feb 10, 2010 Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5161] Brazil K001071526 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Zappi, D.C.; Frisby, S.; Henicka, G.; Reis, T.C.Y.; Pena, E.M.; Phillipsen, M.; Piva, J. [2281] Brazil K000578934 Yes
Jan 18, 2007 not known [540] Peru K000036938 Yes
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Yesilyurt, J.; Gallo, A.; Rosa, R.D.; Viana, A.; Pedroga, J.A. [2] Brazil K000447232 Yes
Apr 1, 2005 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59254] Brazil K001071100 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Henrique, V.V.; Lira, S.S.; Silva, L.F.; Oliveira, M. [30] Brazil K001071082 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Ferreira, C.A.C.; Sá, C.F.; Martinelli, G.; Soares, E.; Mota, C.D.A.; Batista, E.F. [9435] Brazil K001071079 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Henderson, A.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Lima, J.; Alves, J.; Lopes, D.; Rickson, F.; Parker, D.; Aulino, O.; Rodrigues, K. [290] Brazil K001071076 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Thomas, W.W.; Pirani, J.; Oliveira, J.G.; Ackerly, C.; Lima, R.P., de; Coelho, J.A. [6222] Brazil K001071078 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Cid, C.A.; Nelson, B.W. [2599] Brazil K001071083 Yes
Dec 1, 1982 Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S. [7076] Brazil K001071077 Yes
Apr 1, 1981 Fevereiro, V.P.B.; Mayo, S.J.; Silva, M.B.; Oliveira, A.G.P.; Flor, J. [M38] Brazil K001071080 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6835] Brazil K001071081 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Grear, J.W.; Santos, R.R. [17900] Brazil K001071086 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [5376] Brazil K001071085 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [8762] Brazil K001071101 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001071108 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001071376 Yes
Gardner [bis 2469] Brazil K000220334 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner [2469] Brazil K000220332 Unknown Type Material Yes
Skinner [s.n.] Guatemala K001326523 Yes
Argent, G.; Ramos, J.; Richards, P.W.; Souza, R. [6333] Brazil K001071098 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001071105 Yes
Fraga, C.N. [3047] Brazil K001516555 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [5437] Brazil K001071099 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59621] Brazil K001071092 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R. [10090] Brazil K001071094 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5359] Brazil K001071106 Yes
Gardner [3564] Brazil K001071091 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R. [11192] Brazil K001071097 Yes
Argent, G.; Ramos, J.F.; Richards, P.W.; Souza, R. [6650] Brazil K001071095 Yes
Fraga, C.N. [3059] Brazil K001516557 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001071375 Yes
Bruniera, C.P.; Freire, K.; Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Edwards, S.L. [170] Brazil K001609944 Yes
Bruniera, C.P.; Freire, K.; Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Edwards, S.L. [170] Brazil K001609945 Yes
Gardner [2469] Brazil K000220333 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, P.W. [6540] Brazil K001071093 Yes
Richards, P.W. [6492] Brazil K001071096 Yes
Gardner, G. [4399] Brazil K001071102 Yes
Glaziou, A. [20631] Brazil K001071090 Yes
Gardner, G. [4401] Brazil K001071103 Yes
Gardner, G. [4401] Brazil K001071104 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [6637] Brazil K001071089 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001071107 Yes
Semann [s.n.] Nicaragua K001326524 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Rocha, M.P.; Castro, R.A. [4380] Brazil K001071084 Yes
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia Davilla densiflora K000220339 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sprague, T.A. [74] Colombia Davilla densiflora K000220340 Unknown Type Material 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/

  • 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/