- Family:
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Carapichea Aubl.
Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson

[CPLC]
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
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 30 - 400 m.; Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 30–400 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bolívar, Chocó, Córdoba, Meta.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Ipeca, Ipecacuana, Ipecacuana de cartagena, Raicilla
[UPFC]
- Vernacular
- Ipecacuana, Poajá, Raicilla, Raicilla gateadora, Raíz de ipeca, Raíz de montaña, Raíz de oro
Native to:
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá
Introduced into:
Caroline Is.
- Callicocca ipecacuanha Brot.
- Cephaelis acuminata H.Karst.
- Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.) Willd.
- Evea ipecacuanha (Brot.) W.Wight
- Ipecacuanha fusca Raf.
- Ipecacuanha officinalis Arruda
- Ipecacuanha preta Arruda
- Psychotria ipecacuanha (Brot.) Stokes
- Uragoga acuminata (H.Karst.) Farw.
- Uragoga granatensis Baill.
- Uragoga ipecacuanha (Brot.) Baill.
Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skorupa, L.A. [712], Brazil | K000988216 | Yes | |||
Langley, J.M. [3], Brazil | K000988222 | Yes | |||
Langley, J.M. [3], Brazil | K000988224 | Yes | |||
Barreto, M. [2002], Brazil | K000988220 | Yes | |||
Skorupa, L.A. [612], Brazil | K000988215 | Yes | |||
Burchell [1105-37], Brazil | K000988217 | Yes | |||
Saint-Hilaire, A. [s.n.], Brazil | K000988218 | Yes | |||
Kuhlmann, J.G. [2485], Brazil | K000988226 | Yes | |||
Willians [1865], Brazil | K000988219 | Yes | |||
Skorupa, L.A. [745], Brazil | K000988214 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [955], Brazil | K000988225 | Yes | |||
Kuhlmann, J.G. [54], Brazil | K000988227 | Yes | |||
Skorupa, L.A. [753], Brazil | K000988213 | Yes | |||
Magalhães, M. [867], Brazil | K000988221 | Yes | |||
Langley, J.M. [3], Brazil | K000988223 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493398 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493399 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493400 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493401 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493402 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493403 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493404 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493405 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493407 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493408 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493409 | Yes | |||
Brazil: Mato Grosso | K001493410 | Yes | |||
Sep 1, 1998 | Riedel [324], Bahia | Psychotria ipecacuanha | K000015625 | Yes |
First published in Kew Bull. 57: 371 (2002)
Accepted by
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. (2006 publ. 2007). A synopsis of the Rubiaceae of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to genera, and a preliminary species list Revista de Biologia Neotropical 3: 13-96.
- 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.
- 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.
- Taylor, C.M. & Gereau, R.E. (2013). The genus Carapichea (Rubiaceae, Psychotrieae) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99: 100-127.
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Psychotria ipecacuanha.]
Literature
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
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
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/
- Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
- 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
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
-
Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
-
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/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
-
Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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 Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
-
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
-
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0