Apocynaceae
Tabernaemontana

Tabernaemontana undulata Vahl

First published in Eclog. Amer. 2: 20 (1798)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Recorded in error in:

Bolivia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1947). Apocynaceae. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(3): 144-162. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. 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.
  • 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.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XIX: La familia Apocynaceae s.str. (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) de Costa Rica. Darwiniana 43: 90-191.

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

  • 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.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • 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?
Jan 1, 1995 Souza, M.A.D.; Pereira, E.C. [134] Brazil K000989414 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Beck, H.T.; Pires, M.J.; Amerigo, M.; Souza, R.J.; Silva, N.T., da; Silva, B.T. [126] Brazil K000989415 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Spruce, R. [3199] Venezuela K000587849 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Rusby, H.H.; Squires, R.W. [300] Venezuela K000587850 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Irvine, G.C. [51195] Brazil K000989420 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Krukoff, B.A. [4795] Brazil K000989416 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Ortiz, R.; Carnevali, G.; Santana, G. [1207] Venezuela K001489328 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Ortiz, R.; Carnevali, G.; Santana, G. [1207] Venezuela K001489329 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Irvine, G.C. [51277] Brazil K000989423 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Silva, N.T., da [1534] Brazil K000989419 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Irwin, H.S.; Westra, L.Y.T. [47746] Brazil K000989422 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Krukoff, B.A. [4904] Brazil K000989421 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Krukoff, B.A. [4795] Brazil K000989418 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T., da [58879] Brazil K000989424 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Spruce, R. [3199] Brazil K000587809 Isotype Yes
Mar 1, 1980 Maas, P.J.M.; Westra, L.Y.Th. [3936] Guyana K000587813 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Schomburgk [42] Guyana K000587811 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Schomburgk [42] Guyana K000587810 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Schomburgk [42] Guyana K000587812 Isotype Yes
Antonelli, A.; Dahlberg, J.; Morokawa, R.; Souza, M.A.D. [471] Brazil K001769257 No
Krukoff, B.A. [4729] Brazil K000989417 Yes
Peru K001489315 Yes
Peru K001489316 Yes
Peru K001489317 Yes
Peru K001489318 Yes
Peru K001489319 Yes
Peru K001489320 Yes
Venezuela K001489321 Yes
Venezuela K001489322 Yes
Venezuela K001489323 Yes
Venezuela K001489324 Yes
Venezuela K001489325 Yes
Venezuela K001489326 Yes
Venezuela K001489327 Yes
Costa Rica K001489453 Yes
Costa Rica K001489454 Yes
Costa Rica K001489455 Yes
Costa Rica K001489456 Yes
Costa Rica K001489457 Yes
Costa Rica K001489458 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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