Burseraceae
Protium

Protium opacum Swart

First published in Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 39: 200 (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.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

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.; Camargo, A.C.; Rosa, S.A.; Piva, J.H. [1110] Brazil K000447458 Yes
Jan 1, 1942 Krukoff, B.A. [4816] Brazil K000530914 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1942 Krukoff, B.A. [4816] Brazil K000530915 Type Yes
Oldeman [T-783] French Guiana K004791606 Yes
Perigolo, N.A.; et al. [293] Brazil K001590671 Yes
Anderson, W.R.; McPherson, G.D. [12269] Brazil K004791672 Yes
Oldeman [B- 1116] French Guiana K004791605 Yes
Poncy, O.; Barrabé, L.; Petronelli, P.; Serein, J.Y.; Jourget, J,-G [1797] French Guiana K004791607 Yes
Palacios, W. [3196] Ecuador K002222775 Yes
Conceição, M.A. [118] Brazil K004791637 Yes
Austin, D.F.; Nauman, C.E.; Secco, R.S.; Rosario, C.; Santos, M.R. [7198] Brazil K004791639 Yes
Hoffman, B.; Jacobs, H. [1178] Guyana K004791603 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7173] Brazil K004791609 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [9519] Brazil K004791643 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [s.n.] Brazil K004791610 Yes
Pires, M.J. [2320] Brazil K004791636 Yes
Riera, B.; Poncy, O. [1954] French Guiana K004791645 Yes
Austin, D.F.; Nauman, C.E.; Secco, R.S.; Rosario, C.; Santos, M.R. [7198] Brazil K004791640 Yes
Conceição, M.A. [16] Brazil K004791638 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Mori, S.; Souza, R. [3778] Brazil K004791642 Yes
Cid, C.A.; Lima, J. [3798] K004791671 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4911] Brazil K004791611 Yes
Delgado, L. [309] Guyana K004791646 Yes
Clarke, H.D.; Perry, C.; Tripp, E.; Stern, S.R.; Gittens, D. [12109] Guyana K004791604 Yes
Holst, B.K.; Liesner, R.L. [3396] Venezuela K002222776 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Egler, W.A.; Westra, L.Y.T.H. [47505] Brazil K004791641 Yes
Costa, M.A.S.; Assuncao, P.A.C.L. [405] Brazil K004791608 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • 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