Burseraceae
Protium

Protium mucronatum Rusby

First published in Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 34 (1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to Venezuela. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

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

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1939 Smith, H.H. [2743] Colombia Tetragastris mucronata K000530957 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1939 Smith, H.H. [2743] Colombia Tetragastris mucronata K000530956 Unknown Type Material Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6594] Trinidad and Tobago Tetragastris mucronata K002222156 Yes
Bernardi, A.L. [7435] Venezuela Tetragastris mucronata K002222401 Yes
de Bruijn, J. [1240] Venezuela Tetragastris mucronata K002222404 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [104705] Venezuela Tetragastris mucronata K002222402 Yes
Ayliffe, R.S. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Tetragastris mucronata K002222154 Yes
Marcano-Berti, L. [121] Venezuela Tetragastris mucronata K002222295 Yes
Bernardi [1145] Venezuela Tetragastris mucronata K002222403 Yes
Ayliffe, R.S. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Tetragastris mucronata K002222155 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