Bignoniaceae
Martinella

Martinella obovata (Kunth) Bureau & K.Schum.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8(2): 161 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to S. Tropical America and Trinidad. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gentry, A.H. in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (1997). Bignoniaceae. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 3: 403-491. Missouri Botanical Garden, 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.
  • Lohmann, L.G. & Taylor, C.M. (2014). A new generic classifiaction of tribe Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99: 348-489.
  • Lohmann, L.G. (2006). Manuscript on a new generic classification of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae) based on molecular phylogenetic data and morphological synapomorphies.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Zuntini, A.R. & Lohmann, L.G. (2014). Synopsis of Martinella Baill. (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae) with the description of a new species from the Atlantic forest of Brazil. PhytoKeys 37: 15-24.

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

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dubs, B. (1998). Bignoniaceae. The Botany of Mato Grosso 3: 32-38. Betrona Verlag, Küsnacht.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gentry, A.H. in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (1997). Bignoniaceae. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 3: 403-491. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Lohmann, L.G. (2006). Manuscript on a new generic classification of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae) based on molecular phylogenetic data and morphological synapomorphies.
  • Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. (1974). Bignoniaceae. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(10/3): 153-232. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Zuntini, A.R. & Lohmann, L.G. (2014). Synopsis of Martinella Baill. (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae) with the description of a new species from the Atlantic forest of Brazil. PhytoKeys 37: 15-24.

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
  • 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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • 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/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [16987] Bolivia K000542744 No
Jan 1, 2008 Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [16987] Bolivia K000450750 No
Jan 1, 2008 Nascimento, J.; Sasaki, D.; Piva, J.H. [15] Brazil K000447823 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Teixeira, L.O.A.; Fife, A.J.; McFarland, K.; Mota, C.D.A.; Santos, J.L.; Gomes, S.P.; Nelson, B.W. [958] Brazil K000977670 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Prance, G.T.; Mori, S.A.; Hill, R.J.; Bernardi, J.C.; Shimabukuru, D. [24374] Brazil K000977659 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Lasseign, A. [21164] Brazil K000977636 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2446] Brazil K000977644 Yes
Sep 14, 1962 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.; Irvine, G.C. [51057] Brazil K000977655 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.; Irvine, G.C. [51176] Brazil K000977656 Yes
Francisco [1830] Brazil K000977640 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Coelho, D.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [14914] Brazil K000977671 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [30203] Brazil K000977649 Yes
Black, G.A.; Fróes, R.L.; Ladoux [9804] Brazil K000977653 Yes
Costa, R.C.M. [255] Brazil K000977652 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [632] Brazil K000977658 Yes
Costa, R.C.M. [255] Brazil K000977651 Yes
Dionisio [s.n.] Brazil K000977661 Yes
Guedes, T. [14] Brazil K000977663 Yes
Rodríguez, A.; Kriebel, R. [8059] Costa Rica K001600863 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Pozo, P.; Hughes, C.; Atahuachi, M.; Mendoza, M. [26596] Bolivia K001574918 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [32723] Brazil K000977647 Yes
Chagas [s.n.] Brazil K000977641 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000977645 Yes
illegible [s.n.] K000449504 Unknown Type Material Yes
Francisco [s.n.] Brazil K000977660 Yes
Luiz [s.n.] Brazil K000977638 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [32723] Brazil K000977646 Yes
Francisco [s.n.] Brazil K000977639 Yes
Costa, R.C.M. [255] Brazil K000977650 Yes
Fróes, R.L.; Black, G.A. [27594] Brazil K000977657 Yes
Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2446] Brazil K000977643 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7838] Brazil K000977642 Yes
Chagas [s.n.] Brazil K000977637 Yes
Siqueira, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000977654 Yes
Chagas [s.n.] Brazil K000977662 Yes
Black, G.A. [16288] Brazil K000977648 Yes
Dec 1, 1932 Drake [s.n.] Guyana Martinella insculpta K000449501 Type 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/

  • 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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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