Apocynaceae
Lacmellea

Lacmellea aculeata (Ducke) Monach.

First published in Lloydia 7: 292 (1945)
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:

Brazil North, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname

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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 23, 1985 Prance, G.T.; Campbell, D.G.; Daly, D.C.; Maciel, U.; Silva, M.G.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, M.R. [P26546] Brazil K000989225 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Rabelo, B.V.; Mori, S.A.; Daly, D.C.; Cardoso, J.A.; Silva, M.G.; Belo, H.P.; Campbell, D.G.; Rosario, C.S.; Santos, M.R., dos [2332] Brazil K000989227 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Balée, W.L.; Ribeiro, B.G.S. [26] Brazil K000989229 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Irwin, H.S.; Westra, L.Y.T. [47763] Brazil K000989201 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Pires, J.M. [48896] Brazil K000989211 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Archer, W.A. [8294] Brazil K000989200 Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D. [1845] Brazil K000989202 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T., da [58927] Brazil K000989204 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Ducke, A. [17456] Brazil K000989206 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Irvine, G.C. [50578] Brazil K000989209 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Archer, W.A. [8121] Brazil K000989207 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Irvine, G.C. [51326] Brazil K000989205 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Irvine, G.C. [50859] Brazil K000989212 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Prance, G.T. [58708] Brazil K000989215 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Silva, A. [271] Brazil K000989208 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Prance, G.T.; Fidalgo, O.; Nelson, B.W.; Ramos, J.F. [21463] Brazil K000989226 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D. [1257 (L.S.157)] Brazil K000989203 Yes
Amaral, I.L.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Guedes, J.; Lima, J. [148] Brazil K000989224 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [47593] Brazil K000989214 Yes
Balée, W.L.; Ribeiro, B.G.S. [26] Brazil K000989228 Yes
Skog, L.E.; Feuillet, C.; Rossman, A. [7193] French Guiana K001516834 Yes
Henkel, T.; Chin, M.; Williams, R.; James, R. [4975] Guyana K001577032 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [19904] Brazil K000989210 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [48413] Brazil K000989213 Yes
Ducke, A. [23875] Brazil Lacmellea aculeata var. inermis K000587556 Isotype 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

  • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0