Lauraceae
Ocotea

Ocotea aciphylla (Nees & Mart.) Mez

First published in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 243 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brotto, M.L., Cervi, A.C. & dos Santos, É.P. (2013). O gênero Ocotea (Lauraceae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Rodriguésia 64: 495-525.
  • 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.
  • Mouzinho Barbosa, T.D., Batista Baitello, J. & Rodrigues de Morales, P.L. (2012). A família Lauraceae Juss. no municípo de Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitão, n.s., 30: 1-178.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Moraes, P.L.R. (2008 publ. 2009). The Lauraceous collections of Friedrich Sellow. Komarovia 6(1): 1-67.
  • van der Werff, H. (2014). Studies in Andean Ocotea (Lauraceae) III. Species with hermaphroditic flowers and moderately pubescent or glabrous leaves occuring above 1000 m in altitude. Novon 23: 336-380.

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

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brotto, M.L., Cervi, A.C. & dos Santos, É.P. (2013). O gênero Ocotea (Lauraceae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Rodriguésia 64: 495-525.
  • 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.
  • de Moraes, P.L.R. (2008 publ. 2009). The Lauraceous collections of Friedrich Sellow. Komarovia 6(1): 1-67.
  • van der Werff, H. (2014). Studies in Andean Ocotea (Lauraceae) III. Species with hermaphroditic flowers and moderately pubescent or glabrous leaves occuring above 1000 m in altitude. Novon 23: 336-380.

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.
  • 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, 2009 Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Zappi, D.C.; Frisby, S.; Henicka, G.; Reis, T.C.Y.; Pena, E.M.; Phillipsen, M.; Piva, J. [2318] Brazil K000579617 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Sasaki, D.; Camargo, A.C.; Rosa, S.A.; Piva, J.H. [1097] Brazil K000579438 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Philippsen, M.; Bessa, M.A.; Piva, J.H. [928] Brazil K000579618 Yes
Jun 1, 2007 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Pedroga, J.A.; Rodrigues, L.; Piva, J.H. [488] Brazil K000579439 Yes
Jan 1, 1887 regnell, A.T. [III-84] Brazil K000442006 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1887 Sellow [766?] Brazil K000442007 Isotype Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [93580] Venezuela K000602454 Isotype Yes
Sello [253] Brazil K000602176 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [987] Guyana Ocotea costulata K000602246 Type Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [s.n.] Guyana Ocotea costulata K000602247 Type Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [615/929] Guyana Ocotea costulata K000602248 Type Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [615/929] Guyana Ocotea costulata K000602249 Type Yes
Aug 1, 2019 Maguire, B.; Wurdack, J.J.; Maguire, C.K. [42521] Venezuela Ocotea maguireana K000601802 Type Yes
Schomburgk [974] Guyana Ocotea rhynchophylla K000442010 Type Yes
Schomburgk [974] Guyana Ocotea rhynchophylla K000442008 Type Yes
Schomburgk [974] Guyana Ocotea rhynchophylla K000442009 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Ule, E. [8606] Brazil Ocotea roraimae K000442037 Type 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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