Loranthaceae
Gaiadendron

Gaiadendron punctatum (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 3: 432 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a hemiparasitic shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • 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.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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

  • Carvajal, L., Ariza, W., Caro, L., Valero, N. (2014). Especies forestales representativas del Sur Oriente de Boyacá. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
  • Florez-Cárdenas, G., Núñez-Izquierdo, O. L., Núñez-Izquierdo, M. M., Ramírez-Mesa, M., & Zusunaga-Quintana, J. A. (2010). 100 Plantas útiles del páramo del Rabanal: Guía para comunidades rurales. Bogotá: Instituto Alexander von Humboldt - CAR - Corpoboyac

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.
  • 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.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 23, 2003 Soejarto, D.D.; Martin, R.M. [23] Colombia K000010443 No
Apr 10, 2003 Bogner, J. [856] Colombia K000010448 No
Apr 8, 2003 Weigend, M. [3589] Venezuela K000010439 No
Dombey [s.n.] Peru K000567922 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hutchison, P.C. [1165] Peru K004883631 Yes
Roldan, F.J.; Zarucchi, J. [1053] Colombia K004883620 Yes
Macbride, J.F. [s.n.] Peru K004883623 Yes
Mandon, G. [1471] Bolivia K004883609 Yes
Rusby, H.H. [1530] Bolivia K004883610 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Leon, J.; Cavero, M. [15100] Peru K004883630 Yes
Brandbyge, J.; Balsle, H. [42254] Ecuador K001892025 Yes
Brandbyge, J.; Jørgensen, P.M. [42863] Ecuador K001892028 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.B.; Brandbyge, J.; Barfod, A. [41910] Ecuador K001892026 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.B.; Brandbyge, J.; Barfod, A. [41716] Ecuador K001892027 Yes
Eriksen, B.; Larsen, B.B. [45733] Ecuador K001892024 Yes
Brandbyge, J. [42649] Ecuador K001892020 Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B. [10089] Peru K004883624 No
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17641] Peru K004883628 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Leon, J.; Cavero, M. [15100] Peru K004883635 Yes
Cardenas, M. [5797] Bolivia K004883617 Yes
Roldan, F.J.; Zarucchi, J. [1051] Colombia K004883619 Yes
Ferreyra, R. [3735] Peru K004883626 Yes
Hutchison, P.C.; Kenneth Wright, J.; Straw, R.M. [5946] Peru K004883633 Yes
Hutchison, P.C.; Bennett, D.E. [4758] Peru K004883632 Yes
Blanco-Segura, G.; Rodríguez, A. [14] Costa Rica K001600795 Yes
Hutchison, P.C.; Kenneth Wright, J. [5662] Peru K004883634 Yes
Steinbach, J. [9164] Bolivia K004883613 Yes
Miguel Bang, A. [705] Bolivia K004883611 No
Zarucchi, J.; Correa, M.M.; Correa, M.M. [6355] Colombia K004883618 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [25381] Bolivia K004883615 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; Leo, J.; Rhoner, C. [17707] Peru K004883629 Yes
Stein, B.A.; Sierra, N.; Garcia, H. [3608] Colombia K004883621 Yes
Daza, A.; Pennington, T.D. [16389] Peru K004883627 Yes
Cardenas, M. [5587] Bolivia K004883616 Yes
Bridges [s.n.] Bolivia K004883608 Yes
Buchtien, O. [456] Bolivia K004883612 Yes
Zambrana, N.P.; Bussmann, R.W.; Ocaña, C.V. [8615] Peru K004883622 Yes
Balls, E.K. [B6280] Bolivia K004883614 Yes
Pearce, R. [s.n.] Bolivia K004883607 Yes
Barclay, A.S.; Schultes, R.E.; Idrobo, J.M. [103] Colombia K000010441 No
Sandeman, C.A.W. [4184] Peru K004883625 Yes
Colombia Gaiadendron macranthum K:SPC-44584.000 No

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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