Ochnaceae
Ouratea

Ouratea guianensis Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane: 397 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. South America to NE. Brazil. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, French Guiana, Guyana, 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
de Granville, J.-J.; Berg, C.C.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; van Setten, J. [5921] Guyana K002247765 Yes
de Granville, J.-J.; Berg, C.C.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; van Setten, J. [6614] Guyana K002247762 Yes
Oldeman [T-38] Guyana K002247774 Yes
Oldeman [B-3461] French Guiana K002247772 No
Florschütz, P.A.; Maas, P.J.M. [2797] Suriname K001271328 No
Marcano-Berti, L. [235] Venezuela K002247763 Yes
Maguire, B. [24085] Suriname K002247767 Yes
Granville [375] French Guiana K002247773 No
Maguire, B.; Fanshawe, D.B. [22993] Guyana K002247768 Yes
Riera, B.; Sabatier, D. [1838] French Guiana K002247770 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Stoffers, A.L.; Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. [625] Suriname K002247771 Yes
Marcano-Berti, L. [238] Venezuela K002247764 Yes
Whitton, B.A. [92] Guyana K002247769 Yes
Marcano-Berti, L. [256] Venezuela K002247766 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://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/

  • 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