Rubiaceae
Macrocnemum

Macrocnemum roseum (Ruiz & Pav.) Wedd.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 1: 76 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
  • 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.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2004 Spruce, R. [3972] Peru K000006446 Yes
Dec 1, 2004 Spruce, R. [3972] Peru K000006447 Yes
Feb 13, 2003 Peru K001436616 Yes
Feb 13, 2003 Peru K001436617 Yes
Dec 1, 1998 Peru K001436630 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Rusby, H.H. [1296] Bolivia K001436571 Yes
May 29, 1991 de Pozuzo [s.n.] Peru K001436605 Type Yes
Feb 3, 1965 Ecuador K001436639 Yes
Aug 15, 1944 Peru K001436589 Yes
Aug 15, 1944 Peru K001436591 Yes
Aug 14, 1944 Ecuador K001436637 Yes
Jun 4, 1942 Peru K001436631 Yes
Jul 1, 1888 de Pozuzo [s.n.], Peru K001436605 HOLO Yes
Jul 1, 1888 Lamberti [s.n.], Peru K001436606 TYPE Yes
Jan 1, 1846 Ecuador K001436638 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5524] Brazil K001049573 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16761] Peru K001436623 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16761] Peru K001436621 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16761] Peru K001436622 Yes
Lamberti [s.n.] Peru K001436607 Type Yes
Ule, E. [9862] Brazil K001049574 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5222] Brazil K001049572 Yes
Prance, G.T.; J.F.Ramos; Farias, L.G. [7271] Brazil K001049575 Yes
Lamberti [s.n.] Peru K001436606 Type Yes
Peru K001436590 Yes
Peru K001436592 Yes
Peru K001436593 Yes
Peru K001436594 Yes
Peru K001436595 Yes
Peru K001436596 Yes
Peru K001436597 Yes
Peru K001436598 Yes
Peru K001436599 Yes
Peru K001436600 Yes
Peru K001436601 Yes
Peru K001436602 Yes
Peru K001436603 Yes
Peru K001436604 Yes
Lamberti [s.n.], Peru K001436607 ISO Yes
Peru K001436608 Yes
Peru K001436609 Yes
Peru K001436610 Yes
Peru K001436611 Yes
Peru K001436612 Yes
Peru K001436613 Yes
Peru K001436614 Yes
Peru K001436615 Yes
Peru K001436618 Yes
Peru K001436619 Yes
Peru K001436620 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16761], Peru K001436621 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16761], Peru K001436622 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16761], Peru K001436623 Yes
Peru K001436624 Yes
Peru K001436625 Yes
Peru K001436626 Yes
Peru K001436627 Yes
Peru K001436628 Yes
Peru K001436629 Yes
Peru K001436632 Yes
Peru K001436633 Yes
Ecuador K001436634 Yes
Ecuador K001436635 Yes
Ecuador K001436636 Yes
Ecuador K001436640 Yes
Ecuador K001436641 Yes
Bolivia K001436642 Yes
Bolivia K001436643 Yes
Bolivia K001436644 Yes
Bolivia K001436645 Yes
Bolivia K001436647 Yes
Bolivia K001436648 Yes
Bolivia K001436649 Yes
Bolivia K001436646 No
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [4367] Peru Macrocnemum sprucei K000006444 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [4367] Peru Macrocnemum sprucei K000006445 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [10468] Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436656 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Rusby, H.H. [1635] Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436660 Type Yes
Britton, N.L.; Rusby, H.H. [1635] Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436661 Type Yes
Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436654 Yes
Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436655 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [10468], Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436656 Yes
Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436657 Yes
Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436658 Yes
Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436659 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Rusby, H.H. [1635], Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436660 LECTO Yes
Britton, N.L.; Rusby, H.H. [1635], Bolivia Macrocnemum sprucei K001436661 Yes
Pittier, H. [5582] Panama Macrocnemum pastoense K001436580 Yes
Haught, O. [4552] Colombia Macrocnemum pastoense K001436579 Yes
Colombia Macrocnemum pastoense K001436578 Yes
Haught, O. [4552], Colombia Macrocnemum pastoense K001436579 Yes
Pittier, H. [5582], Panama Macrocnemum pastoense K001436580 Yes
Weddell [s.n.] Peru Macrocnemum cinchonioides K001436569 Yes
Weddell [s.n.], Peru Macrocnemum cinchonioides K001436569 Yes
Matthews [s.n.] Peru Macrocnemum pilosinervium K001436581 Yes
Matthews [s.n.], Peru Macrocnemum pilosinervium K001436581 Yes
Pittier, H. [2397] Panama Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436564 Yes
Hooker [1843] Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436561 Type Yes
Hooker [1843] Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436561 Yes
Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436562 Yes
Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436563 Yes
Pittier, H. [2397], Panama Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436564 Yes
Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436565 Yes
Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436566 Yes
Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436567 Yes
Macrocnemum glabrescens K001436568 Yes
Bolivia Macrocnemum hirsutum K001436574 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