Burseraceae
Protium

Protium altsonii Sandwith

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 369 (1928)
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.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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
  • Castro-Moreno, C. (2019). Línea base de especies en términos de su vocación de conservación y uso sostenible del departamento de Santander-Proyecto Santander BIO.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Piva, J.H.; Philippsen, M. [1998] Brazil K000578061 Yes
Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; Nascimento, J.R.; Pereira, E. [1305] Brazil K004791581 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, A.S.; Berg, C.C.; Henderson, A.J.; Nelson, B.W.; Balick, M.; Bahia, R.P.; dos Santos, M.R. [P24801] Brazil K004791579 Yes
da Silva, A.P. [s.n.] Brazil K004791589 Yes
Pires, M.J. [2380] Brazil K004791574 Yes
da Silva, C.F. [s.n.] Brazil K004791587 Yes
Boom, B.; Gopaul, D.; Taylor, P. [8222] Guyana K004791570 Yes
Assuncao, P.A.C.L.; Pereira, E.; da Silva, C.F. [672] Brazil K004791591 Yes
da Silva, A.P. [s.n.] Brazil K004791588 Yes
Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; Mass, P.J.M.; Mass, H.; Pereira, E. [1754] Brazil K004791582 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8031] Brazil K004791580 Yes
Barbosa da Silva, M. [106] Brazil K004791573 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G.; Assuncao, P.A.C.L.; Procopio, L.C.; Mesquita, M.R.; da Silva, C.F.; Pereire, E. [1605] Brazil K004791583 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Davidse, G.; Rosa, N.A.; Rosario, C.S.; dos Santos, M.R. [9490] Brazil K004791585 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N. [1379] Brazil K004791584 Yes
Egler, S.G.; Ribeiro, J.J.; Rocha, J.B.; Ramos, J.; Daly, D. [1097] Brazil K004791577 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Benjamin, P.; Singh, D.; Wilkie, C.; Hinchliff, C. [5007] Guyana K004791568 Yes
da Silva, C.F. [s.n.] Brazil K004791571 Yes
Vicentini, A.; Assuncao, P.A.C.L.; Nascimento, J.R.; Pereira, E.; Emmerich, S.; da Silva, C.F. [446] Brazil K004791578 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [2582] K004791572 Yes
Ahmad Jr, N.I.; et al. [s.n.] Brazil K004791586 Yes
Altson [529] Guyana K000530916 Type Yes
Kukle, P. [83] Brazil K004791569 Yes
Conceição, M.A. [09] Brazil K004791575 Yes
Monteagudo M, A.; Peña, A.; Francis, R.; Quicha, L.; Camavilca, E.; Camaña, W.G. [10578] Peru K004792419 Yes
Oldeman [[239]] French Guiana K004791567 Yes
Groppo Jr., M.; Anunciaçao, E.A.; Mello, A.T. [909] Brazil K004791576 Yes
Farney, C.; Batista, E.F. [2027] Brazil K004791590 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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://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/

  • 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