- Family: Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus: Palicourea Aubl.
Palicourea acuminata (Benth.) Borhidi
- Genus: Palicourea Aubl.
This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Mexico to S. Tropical America, Cuba. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders.
[CPLC]
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
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2700 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Habit
- Arbusto
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 0 - 2700 m.
- Conservation
- Least concern.
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
- Habit
- Shrub.
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Native to:
Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Palicourea acuminata (Benth.) Borhidi appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Hinds, R.B. [s.n.], Colombia | Psychotria acuminata | K000432855 | ||
Wright, C. [2753], Cuba | Psychotria acuminata | K000174246 | ||
Berg, C.C. [602], Brazil | Psychotria acuminata | K001199085 | ||
[illegible] [[N1]], Nicaragua | Psychotria acuminata | K000432856 | ||
Bahia, R.P. [750], Brazil | Psychotria acuminata | K001199082 | ||
s.coll. [1061], Colombia | Psychotria acuminata | K000634980 | ||
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil | Psychotria acuminata | K001199083 | ||
Gassini, F. [s.n.], Brazil | Psychotria acuminata | K001199084 |
First published in Acta Bot. Hung. 53: 243 (2011)
Accepted by
- Berger, A. (2018). Synopsis and typification of Mexican and Central American Palicourea (Rubiaceae: Palicoureeae), part I: The entomophilous species Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 120: 59-140.
- Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
- Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
- Ruhsam, M in Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
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