Chrysobalanaceae
Moquilea

Moquilea leucosepala (Griseb.) R.O.Williams

First published in Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 1: 315 (1932)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Lesser Antilles to Colombia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. [Cited as Licania leucosepala.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

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.
  • 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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Boom, B.; Wentzel, S. [6592] Venezuela K004801065 Yes
Aymard, G.; Cuello, N.; Schargel, R. [7479] Venezuela K004801064 Yes
Marin, E. [84c] Venezuela K004801062 Yes
Bernardi, A.L. [7125] Venezuela K004801066 Yes
Chaviel, A. [317] Venezuela K004801063 Yes
May 1, 2014 Pedraza-Peñalosa, P.; Betancur, J.; González, M.F.; Arevalo, R.; Sanín, D.; Zuluaga, A.; Duque, A.; Serna, J. [2347] Colombia Licania leucosepala K001906910 No
May 1, 2014 Pedraza-Peñalosa, P.; Betancur, J.; González, M.F.; Arevalo, R.; Sanín, D.; Zuluaga, A.; Duque, A.; Serna, J. [2347] Colombia Licania leucosepala K001906911 No
Duchassaing [s.n.] Guadeloupe Licania leucosepala K000220585 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

  • 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