Burseraceae
Protium

Protium apiculatum Swart

First published in Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 39: 201 (1942)
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.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, 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

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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
  • 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
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • 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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Miller, R.; Milliken, W.; Miller, R.P.; Wandelli, E.V. [751] Brazil K004791725 Yes
Barrier, S. [4838] French Guiana K004791699 Yes
Oldeman [1862] Guyana K004791697 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L.; Rosario, C.; dos Santos, M.R. [1654] Brazil K004791708 Yes
Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; da C. Pereira, E.; Nascimento, J.R. [1223] Brazil K004791705 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Leppard, M.; Monteiro, O.P. [22846] Brazil K004791724 Yes
Mori, S.; Boom, B. [15321] French Guiana K004791692 Yes
Mahel [60] Suriname K004791694 Yes
Silva, A.S.; Prance, G.T.; Berg, C.C.; Balick, M.J. [AS190] Brazil K004791723 Yes
Conceição, M.A.; Pires, M.J. [07] Brazil K004791702 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A.; et al. [6704] Brazil K004791731 Yes
Sabatier, D. [2098] French Guiana K004791695 Yes
Nascimento, J.R.; Pereira, E. [618] Brazil K004791710 Yes
Vicentini, A.; da C. Pereira, E.; Sothers, C.A.; da Silva, C.F. [794] Brazil K004791711 Yes
Jenssen, E.S. [50] Peru K000110636 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A.; et al. [8227] Brazil K004791716 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, A.S.; Balick, M.J.; Berg, C.C.; Henderson, A.J.; Nelson, B.W.; Bahia, R.P.; dos Santos, M.R. [P25507] Brazil K004791715 Yes
Simon, M.F.; et al. [1053] Brazil K004791728 Yes
Oldeman [2106] Guyana K004791700 Yes
Price, M.J.; Silva, N. [2284] Brazil K004791703 Yes
da Silva, S.S. [INPA/WWF13016282] Brazil K004791712 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A.; et al. [6671] Brazil K004791732 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8661] Brazil K004791707 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L. [1881] Brazil K004791722 Yes
Palheta, E. [s.n.] Brazil K004791727 Yes
da Silva, A.P. [s.n.] Brazil K004791721 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [9512] Brazil K004791729 Yes
Miller, R.; Milliken, W.; Miller, R.P.; Wandelli, E.V.; Pollard, S.R. [751] Brazil K004791714 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G.; de Souza, M.A.D. [1576] Brazil K004791717 Yes
de Souza, M.A.D.; da C. Pereira, E.; da Silva, C.F. [436] Brazil K004791704 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [16404] Brazil K004791719 Yes
Acevedo-Rodriguez, P.; Mori, S.A.; Poncy, O.; Perez, A.; Crozier, F.; Lucas, E. [12330] French Guiana K004791698 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Campbell, D.G.; Daly, D.C.; Maciel, U.; da Silva, M.G.; Bahia, R.P.; dos Santos, M.R. [P26418] Brazil K004791709 Yes
Poncy, O. [909] French Guiana K004791701 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L.; Rosario, C.; dos Santos, M.R. [1199] Brazil K004791713 Yes
Assunçao, P.A.C.L.; da Silva, C.F. [705] Brazil K004791706 Yes
da Silva, A.P. [s.n.] Brazil K004791726 Yes
Campos, M.T.V.A.; Boom, B.; Kukle, P. [27] Brazil K004791720 Yes
M.J.R. Pereira e euipe [s.n.] Brazil K004791733 Yes
Costa, M.A.S.; Pereira, E. [793] Brazil K004791718 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Ehrendorfer, F. [22735] Brazil K004791730 Yes
Mahel [60] Suriname K004791693 Yes
Elburg, J. [LBB9422] Suriname K004791696 Yes
Sep 1, 1952 Krukoff, B.A. [7142] Brazil Protium firmum K000530903 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1952 Krukoff, B.A. [7142] Brazil Protium firmum K000530902 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/

  • 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

  • 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