Violaceae
Leonia

Leonia cymosa Mart.

First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 88 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Venezuela to W. South America and 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, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. 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

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. 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
  • 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
  • Garrido, A.M., Cámara-Leret, R., Madriñán, S. (2014). Nombres y usos de las plantas identificadas por los indígenas cubeo de Colombia (Tesis de pregrado). Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá.
  • 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?
Feb 2, 1996 Brazil K000370081 Type Yes
Ducke, A. [67] Brazil K001215946 Yes
Ducke, A.; Kuhlmann, J.G. [s.n.] Peru K001215930 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6991] Brazil K001215954 Yes
Souza, M.A.D. [217] Brazil K001215952 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7018] Brazil K001215935 Yes
Prance, G.T. [12610] Brazil K001215945 Yes
Campos, M.T.V.A. [488] Brazil K001215976 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [9968] Brazil K001215944 Yes
Sothers, C.A. [1049] Brazil K001215975 Yes
Spruce, R. [1827] Brazil K001215963 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7117] Brazil K001215955 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [9049] Brazil K001215958 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6797] Brazil K001215940 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21224] Brazil K001215938 Yes
Glaziou, A. [10084] Brazil K001215932 Yes
Prance, G.T. [11877] Brazil K001215948 Yes
Prance, G.T. [12284] Brazil K001215973 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8269] Brazil K001215936 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001215931 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6797] Brazil K001215939 Yes
Daly, D.C. [5467] Brazil K001215968 Yes
Daly, D.C. [5650] Peru K001215967 Yes
Spruce, R. [1827] Brazil K001215960 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [7334] Brazil K001215941 Yes
Spruce [1464] Brazil K001215929 Yes
Prance, G.T. [10654] Brazil K001215947 Yes
Prance, G.T. [24254] Brazil K001215972 Yes
Steward, W.C. [s.n.] Brazil K001215953 Yes
Prance, G.T. [s.n.] Brazil K001215974 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [9049] Brazil K001215959 Yes
Pruski, J. [3468] Brazil K001215943 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21224] Brazil K001215970 Yes
Milliken, W. [628] Brazil K001215962 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G. [1404] Brazil K001215951 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6991] Brazil K001215956 Yes
Prance, G.T. [3494] Brazil K001215961 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Peru K001215966 Yes
Prance, G.T. [6446] Brazil K001215942 Yes
Campos, M.T.V.A. [488] Brazil K001215978 Yes
Vicentini, A. [968] Brazil K001215977 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001215928 Yes
s.coll. [1464] Brazil K001215965 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7117] Brazil K001215937 Yes
Spruce, R. [1464] Brazil K001215964 Yes
Milliken, W. [738] Brazil K001215933 Yes
Ducke, A. [1467] Brazil K001215971 Yes
Prance, G.T. [12589] Brazil K001215949 Yes
Prance, G.T. [23825] Brazil K001215969 Yes
Prance, G.T. [22861] Brazil K001215934 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C., A. [8322] Brazil K001215950 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

  • 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