Rubiaceae
Randia

Randia armata (Sw.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 4: 387 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Borhidi, A. & Diego-Pérez, N. (2008). Coussareae, Gardenieae, Hedyotideae, Mussaendeae, Naucleae, Rondeletieae (Rubiaceae). Flora de Guerrero 35: 1-122. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Linares, J.L. (2003 publ. 2005). Lista comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la República de El Salvador. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 44: 105-268.
  • Marques de Paiva, A. & Lopes, R.C. (2013). Rubiaceae na área de proteção ambiental palares, Paty do Alferes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Pesquisas: Botanica 64: 39-64.
  • Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
  • 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.
  • Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Randia nitida.]
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil. [Cited as Randia ferox.]

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

  • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
  • 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.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Identificación de las plantas útiles como Productos Forestales No Maderables del Bosque seco-Tropical en tres ventanas del Caribe colombiano. 1386 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Sarmiento Bernal, C. (Proveedor del metadatos). Espitia Palenci, L. (Autor), Gallego, B. (Punto de contacto), Aguilar Cano, J. (Curador), Mendoza, H. (Curador). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=rrbb_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • 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/
  • 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, 2011 Labiak, P.H., et al. [5077] Brazil K000771235 Yes
Jun 28, 2008 Colombia K001438926 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Singh, D.; Alexander, E.; James, H.; John, N.; Simon, H.; Joseph, E. [5336] Guyana K001192664 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Zappi, D.C.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Camargo, A.C.; Philippsen, M.; Bessa, M.A.; Piva, J.H. [1851] Brazil K000578072 Yes
Jun 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Pedroga, J.A.; Corrêa, T.R.; Piva, J.H. [1222] Brazil K000578073 Yes
Oct 24, 2006 Colombia K001438927 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [4905] Peru K000006534 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [4364] Peru K000006533 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Devenish, S. [3131] Trinidad and Tobago K000265549 Syntype Yes
Jul 18, 1997 Panama K001438921 Yes
Nov 29, 1995 Peru, Huanoco K001438933 Yes
Jul 31, 1985 Peru K001438939 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Schatz, G.E.; Taylor, E.; Rosario, C.S.; da Silva, J.B.F.; Rebbeck, T.; Rosa, M. [875] Brazil K001192613 Yes
Oct 23, 1976 Peru, Huanoco K001438932 Yes
Dec 1, 1878 Peru K001438934 Yes
Araujo, D. [3894] Brazil K001192666 Yes
Williams, R.S. [617] Bolivia K000843160 Unknown Type Material Yes
Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K001192668 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [12822] Brazil K001192651 Yes
Passos, L.; Jesus, N.; Guedes, M.L.; Fonseca, M.; Ribeiro, T.; Lima, L. [350] Brazil K001192663 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6338] Brazil K001192630 Yes
Robert, A. [714] Brazil K001192642 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5336] Brazil K001192656 Yes
Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K001192649 Yes
Burchell [8599] Brazil K001192652 Yes
Romero, R. [176] Brazil K001192682 Yes
Glaziou [6829] Brazil K001192673 Yes
Reitz [4425] Brazil K001192625 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Reitz, R. [12765] Brazil K001192679 Yes
Daly, D.C. [1289] Brazil K001192615 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] Guyana K001192675 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001192644 Yes
Weir, J. [59] Brazil K001192647 Yes
da Rocha, F.R., et al. [2] Brazil K000265213 Yes
da Rocha, F.R., et al. [2] Brazil K000265214 Yes
Lima, H.C. [2912] Brazil K001192633 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2937] Brazil K001192648 Yes
Andre, E.F. [1689] Colombia K001438925 Yes
Andre, E.F. [1689] Colombia K001438924 Yes
Sperling, C.R. [5860] Brazil K001192617 Yes
Nee, M.H. [34569] Brazil K001192619 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1176] Brazil K001192628 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5114] Brazil K001192640 Yes
Hoehne, F.C. [12] Brazil K001192614 Yes
Meirs [1882] Brazil K001192643 Yes
Marquete, R.; da Silva, N.M.F.; Valente, M.C.; Silva, J.C. [3679] Brazil K001765816 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6992] Brazil K001192622 Yes
Correia, S.J. [8] Brazil K001192660 Yes
Glaziou, A. [1519] Brazil K001192669 Yes
Burchell [3109] Brazil K001192667 Yes
Demuner, V. [4749] Brazil K001192659 Yes
Glaziou [8752] Brazil K001192677 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4887] Brazil K001192620 Yes
Kallunki, J. [573] Brazil K001192658 Yes
Lucas, E.J.; Mazine, F.F.; Leoni, L.; Brummitt, N.A.; Campos, O.R.; Flores, T.B.; Jennings, L.V.S.; Sampaio, D. [666] Brazil K001192662 Yes
Burchell [9688] Brazil K001192653 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [6351] Brazil K001192634 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Atchley, A.A.; Steward, W.C.; Woolcoot, D.B.; Coelho, D.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Ramos, J.F. [13950] Brazil K001192665 Yes
Egler, W.A.; Irwin, H.S. [45990] Brazil K001192680 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5447] Brazil K001192639 Yes
Dusén, P. [15544] Brazil K001192670 Yes
Glaziou [17038] Brazil K001192676 Yes
Ule, E. [5134] Brazil K001192638 Yes
Martins, E.G.A. [94] Brazil K001192621 Yes
Krieger, P. [7411] Brazil K001192646 Yes
Moore, S. [464] Brazil K001192657 Yes
Glaziou, A. [6829] Brazil K001192672 Yes
Pires, J.M. [48578] French Guiana K001192678 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5231] Brazil K001192655 Yes
Rodrigues, R.R. [s.n.] Brazil K001192636 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6992] Brazil K001192623 Yes
Jënsson, G. [664/a] Brazil K001192671 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4560] Brazil K001192629 Yes
Daly, D.C. [1280] Brazil K001192616 Yes
Hill, S.R. [13167] Brazil K001192618 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [58814] Brazil K001192635 Yes
Rambo, B. [44167] Brazil K001192650 Yes
Reitz [4977] Brazil K001192624 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5447] Brazil K001192637 Yes
Furlan, A. [885] Brazil K001192681 Yes
BGurchell [6378] Brazil K001192654 Yes
Morong, T. [893] Paraguay K001192645 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8245] Brazil K001192627 Yes
Spruce [390] Brazil K001192641 Yes
Ivanauskas, N.M. [6] Brazil K001192632 Yes
Lima, H.C. [2301] Brazil K001192612 Yes
Lima, H.C. [2912] Brazil K001192631 Yes
Lemos Filho, J.P. [s.n.] Brazil K001192661 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5673] Brazil K001192626 Yes
Glaziou [20367] Brazil K001192674 Yes
Panama K001438919 Yes
Panama K001438920 Yes
Colombia K001438922 Yes
Colombia K001438923 Yes
Andre, E.F. [1689], Colombia K001438924 Yes
Andre, E.F. [1689], Colombia K001438925 Yes
Venezuela K001438928 Yes
Venezuela K001438929 Yes
Peru K001438930 Yes
Peru K001438931 Yes
Peru K001438935 Yes
Peru K001438936 Yes
Peru K001438937 Yes
Peru K001438938 Yes
Peru K001438940 Yes
Peru K001438941 Yes
Peru K001438942 Yes
Peru K001438943 Yes
Peru K001438944 Yes
Ecuador K001438945 Yes
Ecuador K001438946 Yes
Ecuador K001438947 Yes
Ecuador K001438948 Yes
Ecuador K001438949 Yes
Ecuador K001438950 Yes
Ecuador K001438951 Yes
Ecuador K001438952 Yes
Mexico K001493143 Yes
Costa Rica K001493144 Yes
Costa Rica K001493145 Yes
Costa Rica K001493146 Yes
Costa Rica K001493147 Yes
Costa Rica K001493148 Yes
Costa Rica K001493149 Yes
Costa Rica K001493150 Yes
n/a K001493151 Yes
n/a K001493152 Yes
n/a K001493153 Yes
Bolivia K001438917 No
Bolivia K001438918 No

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