Moraceae
Maquira

Maquira sclerophylla (Ducke) C.C.Berg

First published in Acta Bot. Neerl. 18: 463 (1969)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. South America and W. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 2, 2013 Ducke, A. [18272] Brazil K000946607 Yes
Jul 2, 2013 Ducke, A. [24849] Brazil K000946608 Yes
Feb 1, 1996 Assunção, P.A.C.L. [57] Brazil K000946639 Yes
Nov 1, 1995 Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Santana, F.E.M.; Souza, S.S. [798] Brazil K000946638 Yes
Nov 1, 1995 Assunção, P.A.C.L.; Pereira, E.C.; Silva, C.F. [566] Brazil K000946611 Yes
Nov 1, 1995 Costa, M.A.S.; Assunção, P.A.C.L. [23] Brazil K000946644 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Silva, A.P. [1301] Brazil K000946643 Yes
Aug 4, 1978 Prance, G.T.; Silva, A.S.; Balick, M.J.; Henderson, A.J.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, M.R. [P 25790] Brazil K000946612 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [22716] Brazil K000946641 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F. [P17677] Brazil K000946640 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Ducke [121] Brazil K000946610 Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Krukoff, B.A. [1133] Brazil K000512076 Type Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Ducke [121] Brazil K000946609 Yes
Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; Brittrich, V.; Assunção, P.A.C.L.; Pereira, E.C. [1839] Brazil K000946642 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0