Euphorbiaceae
Hevea

Hevea benthamiana Müll.Arg.

First published in Linnaea 34: 204 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Colombia to N. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

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 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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Ducke, A. [21742] Brazil K001205423 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Schultes, R.E.; López, F. [9013] Brazil K000572966 Topotype Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Schultes, R.E.; López, F. [9401] Colombia K001501117 Yes
Aug 1, 1950 Ducke, A. [21.739] Brazil K000572964 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1950 Ducke, A. [21.737] Brazil K000572962 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1950 Ducke, A. [21.738] Brazil K000572963 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1950 Ducke, A. [21741] Brazil K001205422 Syntype Yes
Venezuela K001501105 Yes
Venezuela K001501106 Yes
Venezuela K001501107 Yes
Venezuela K001501108 Yes
Venezuela K001501109 Yes
colombia (Rio Negro) K001501110 Yes
colombia (Rio Negro) K001501111 Yes
colombia (Rio Negro) K001501112 Yes
colombia (Rio Negro) K001501113 Yes
colombia (Rio Negro) K001501114 Yes
colombia (Rio Negro) K001501115 Yes
colombia (Rio Negro) K001501116 Yes
colombia (Rio Negro) K001501118 Yes
Colombia (Rio Putamayo) K001501119 Yes
Colombia (Rio Putamayo) K001501120 Yes
Colombia (Rio Putamayo) K001501121 Yes
Colombia (Trapecio Amazonico) K001501122 Yes
Colombia (Trapecio Amazonico) K001501123 Yes
Colombia (Trapecio Amazonico) K001501124 Yes
Colombia (Trapecio Amazonico) K001501125 Yes
Colombia (Trapecio Amazonico) K001501126 Yes
Colombia (Trapecio Amazonico) K001501127 Yes
Ule, E. [6026] Brazil Hevea duckei K001205429 Yes
Ducke, A. [21744] Brazil Hevea benthamiana var. subglabrifolia K000572958 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ducke, A. [21744] Brazil Hevea benthamiana var. subglabrifolia K000572959 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ducke, A. [21.740] Brazil Hevea benthamiana var. caudata K000572965 Unknown Type Material 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

  • 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