Rubiaceae
Bertiera

Bertiera guianensis Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane: 180 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. 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, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, 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.
  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A.L., Fernández-Zequeira, M. & Oviedo-Prieto, R. (2017). Rubiáceas de Cuba: 1-494. Akadémiai Kiadó.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. (2006 publ. 2007). A synopsis of the Rubiaceae of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to genera, and a preliminary species list. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 3: 13-96.
  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Williams, R.O. & Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1928). Rubiales. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(1): 1-48. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Borhidi, A.L., Fernández-Zequeira, M. & Oviedo-Prieto, R. (2017). Rubiáceas de Cuba: 1-494. Akadémiai Kiadó.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Williams, R.O. & Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1928). Rubiales. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(1): 1-48. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. (2017). Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
  • 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.
  • 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 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. (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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Henicka, G.S.; Sasaki, D.; Corrêa, T.R.; André, T.J.C.; Mortati, A.F.; Araújo, C.F.L.; Piva, J.H. [30] Brazil K000447984 Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Pedroga, J.A.; Corrêa, T.R.; Piva, J.H. [1219] Brazil K000447983 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [4109] Peru K000006705 Isotype Yes
Nov 25, 1999 Venezuela k001438403 Yes
Nov 25, 1999 Venezuela k001438404 Yes
Jan 24, 1997 Peru K001438420 Yes
Jan 24, 1997 Peru K001438421 Yes
Aug 19, 1986 Peru K001438408 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Zarucchi, J.L. [3331] Colombia K001438388 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Prance, G.T.; Dobzhansky, T.; Ramos, J.F. [19975] Brazil K001135044 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D. [1796] Brazil K001135045 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Breteler, F.J. [4045] Venezuela K001438403 Yes
Dec 1, 1947 Colombia K001438386 Yes
Burchell [9674-2] Brazil K001135054 Yes
Burchell [9674/2] Brazil K001135041 Yes
Henderson, A. [234] Brazil K001135072 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [1516] Brazil K001135077 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [5381] Brazil K001135074 Yes
Prance, G.T. [4064] Brazil K001135060 Yes
Plowman, T. [12446] Brazil K001135049 Yes
Baker, C.F. [113] Brazil K001135043 Yes
Klug, G. [1957] Colombia K001438395 Yes
Prance, G.T. [8373] Bolivia K001135058 Yes
Henderson, A. [546] Brazil K001135052 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G. [587] Brazil K001135069 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2755] Brazil K001135059 Yes
Archer, W.A. [8306] Brazil K001135037 Yes
Prance, G.T. [13426] Brazil K001135065 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8576] Brazil K001135035 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8576] Brazil K001135034 Yes
Prance, G.T. [18245] Brazil K001135070 Yes
Nee, M. [34562] Brazil K001135079 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6677] Brazil K001135033 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8334] Brazil K001135048 Yes
Burchell [9728-8] Brazil K001135039 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [5175] Brazil K001135078 Yes
Prance, G.T. [10618] Brazil K001135066 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4821] Brazil K001135062 Yes
Spruce, R. [1788] Brazil K001135055 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5967] Brazil K001135032 Yes
Archer, W.A. [8034] Brazil K001135047 Yes
Prance, G.T. [8332] Brazil K001135057 Yes
Amaral, I.L. [320] Brazil K001135051 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [1021] Brazil K001135056 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G. [848] Brazil K001135073 Yes
Prance, G.T. [15932] Brazil K001135068 Yes
Prance, G.T. [8865] Brazil K001135061 Yes
Lleras, E. [P/17460] Brazil K001135067 Yes
Amaral, I.L. [704] Brazil K001135050 Yes
Lima, J. [803] Brazil K001135075 Yes
Nee, M. [34805] Brazil K001135080 Yes
Lima [803] Brazil K001135076 Yes
Burchell [9674/2] Brazil K001135040 Yes
Silva, E.L.S. [742] Brazil K001135081 Yes
Ule, E. [9847] Brazil K001135063 Yes
Spruce [1788] Brazil K001135053 Yes
Burchell [9268] Brazil K001135042 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G. [593] Brazil K001135071 Yes
Ducke, A. [1888] Brazil K001135046 Yes
Riedel [1298] Brazil K001135036 Yes
Ule, E. [5193] Brazil K001135064 Yes
Burchell [9664] Brazil K001135038 Yes
Bolivia K001438383 Yes
Panama K001438384 Yes
Panama K001438385 Yes
Colombia K001438387 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [3331], Colombia K001438388 Yes
Colombia K001438389 Yes
Colombia K001438390 Yes
Colombia K001438391 Yes
Colombia K001438392 Yes
Colombia K001438393 Yes
Colombia K001438394 Yes
Klug, G. [1957], Colombia K001438395 Yes
Colombia K001438396 Yes
Colombia K001438397 Yes
Venezuela K001438398 Yes
Venezuela K001438399 Yes
Venezuela k001438400 Yes
Venezuela k001438401 Yes
Venezuela k001438402 Yes
Peru K001438405 Yes
Peru K001438406 Yes
Peru K001438407 Yes
Peru K001438409 Yes
Peru K001438410 Yes
Peru K001438411 Yes
Peru K001438412 Yes
Peru K001438413 Yes
Peru K001438414 Yes
Peru K001438415 Yes
Peru K001438416 Yes
Peru K001438417 Yes
Peru K001438418 Yes
Peru K001438419 Yes
Peru K001438422 Yes
Peru K001438423 Yes
Peru K001438424 Yes
Peru K001438425 Yes
Ecuador K001438426 Yes
Ecuador K001438427 Yes
Ecuador K001438428 Yes
Ecuador K001438429 Yes
Ecuador K001438430 Yes
Ecuador K001438431 Yes
Ecuador K001438432 Yes
Guatemala K001491228 Yes
Guatemala K001491229 Yes
British Honduras K001491230 Yes
British Honduras K001491231 Yes
British Honduras K001491232 Yes
British Honduras K001491233 Yes
British Honduras K001491234 Yes
Costa Rica K001491235 Yes
Costa Rica K001491236 Yes
Costa Rica K001491237 Yes
Mexico K001491238 Yes
Pipoly, J. [6877] Brazil Bertiera diversiramea K001135023 Yes
Milliken, W. [M/564] Brazil Bertiera diversiramea K001135025 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G. [594] Brazil Bertiera diversiramea K001135022 Yes
Milliken, W. [65] Brazil Bertiera diversiramea K001135024 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Coelho, L.F.; Gomes da Silva, P. [5511] Brazil Bertiera diversiramea K001135021 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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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