Burseraceae
Protium

Protium amazonicum (Cuatrec.) Daly

First published in J.A.Steyermark & al. (eds.), Fl. Venez. Guayana 3: 713 (1997)
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 West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.

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

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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
  • Garrido, A.M., Cámara-Leret, R., Madriñán, S. (2014). Nombres y usos de las plantas identificadas por los indígenas cubeo de Colombia (Tesis de pregrado). Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá.
  • 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, 2003 Krukoff, B.A. [7024] Brazil K000530906 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Krukoff, B.A. [1308] Brazil K000530907 Type Yes
Cáceres, J.B. [14] Peru K000110696 Yes
Klitgaard, B.B.; Araujo-Murakami, A.; Lazarte, M.; Cuadiay, M.; Rojas, F. [1366] Bolivia K001378648 Yes
Vieira, M.G.; Petersen, R.H.; Nelson, B.W.; Ramos, J.F.; Mota, C.D.A. [917] Brazil K004791926 Yes
Vieira, M.G.; Petersen, R.H.; Nelson, B.W.; Ramos, J.F.; Mota, C.D.A. [917] Brazil K004791924 Yes
Gentry, A.; Neill, D.; Manning, S.; Keating, P. [60003] Ecuador K004792475 Yes
Amaral, I.L.; Cid, C.A.; Guedes, J.; Lima, J. [141] Brazil K004791930 Yes
Schultes, R.E.; Lopez, F. [8835] Brazil K004791918 Yes
Bouchun, J.C. [14-JCB] Brazil K004791920 Yes
da Silva, A.P. [INPA/WWF340230742] Brazil K004791927 Yes
Cáceres, J.B. [5] Peru K000110697 Yes
Vieira, G.; Zarucchi, J.; Silva, A.S.L.; Mota, C.D.A.; Monteiro, O.P. [55] Brazil K004791917 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [9731] Brazil K004791921 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Vincent, K.; Guedes, J.; Silva, J.B. [4262] Brazil K004791932 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Amaral-Santos, A.; Gomes, V.F.; Oliveira, W.L.; Barreto dos Santos, A.J. [16080] Brazil K001609378 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8387] Brazil K004791922 Yes
Klitgaard, B.B.; Araujo-Murakami, A.; Lazarte, M.; Cuadiay, M.; Rojas, F. [1366] Bolivia K001378649 Yes
Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [7570] Ecuador K004792478 Yes
Palacios, W.A. [1303] Ecuador K004792474 Yes
Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; Daly, D.; da Silva, C.F. [1556] Brazil K004791928 Yes
Schultes, R.E.; Lopez, F. [8835] Brazil K004791919 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [10191] Brazil K004791929 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [3279] Brazil K004791925 Yes
Neill, D.; Ceron, C. [7583] Ecuador K004792472 Yes
Wurdack, J.J. [2107] Peru K000110635 Yes
Silva, M.G.; Rosario, C. [3838] Brazil K004791931 Yes
Brandbyge, J.; Asanza C, E.; Werling, L.; Leth-Nissen, S. [33900] Ecuador K004792477 Yes
Palacios, W.A. [1303] Ecuador K004792473 Yes
Boom, B.M. [4256] Bolivia K004792479 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8387] Brazil K004791923 Yes
Neill, D.; Ceron, C. [7583] Ecuador K004792476 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8266] Brazil Paraprotium amazonicum K002222835 Yes
Carrion Cuellar, A.M.; Araujo-Murakami, A.; Klitgaard, B.; Vargas, S.; Parada, R.; Isita, R.; Salvatierra, L. [669] Bolivia Protium fimbriatum K001378653 Yes
Kröll [651] Peru Protium fimbriatum K004792494 Yes
Tello [423] Peru Protium fimbriatum K004792495 Yes
Tello [155] Peru Protium fimbriatum K004792493 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