Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.

First published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 16 (1931)
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 and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. 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.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Araujo Flores, M. [12] Peru K000634396 No
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Zappi, D.C.; Biggs, N.; Piva, J.H. [2159] Brazil K000447958 No
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Henicka, G.; Reis, T.C.Y.; Phillipsen, M.; Piva, J. [1351] Brazil K000578801 No
Apr 1, 2007 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Yesilyurt, J.; Gallo, A.; Pedroga, J.A.; Della Colleta, R.F.L. [152] Brazil K000447568 No
Apr 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Nascimento, J.; Piva, J.H. [1446] Brazil K000447602 No
Mar 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Henicka, G.S.; Piva, J.H. [1464] Brazil K000447603 No
Mar 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Nascimento, J.; Piva, J.H. [1444] Brazil K000447600 No
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Yesilyurt, J.; Piva, J.H. [397] Brazil K000447575 No
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Yesilyurt, J.; Soares, C.R.A.; Pedroga, J.A.; Piva, J.H. [341] Brazil K000447573 No
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Vieira, I.; Piva, J.H. [429] Brazil K000447578 No
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Yesilyurt, J.; Piva, J.H. [399] Brazil K000447576 No
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Yesilyurt, J.; Gallo, A.; Pedroga, J.A.; Della Colleta, R.F.L. [148] Brazil K000447566 No
Dec 14, 2005 Terceros, W. [1405] Bolivia K000351853 No
Sep 4, 2004 Hartshorn, G.; Meneces, E. [2.069] Bolivia K000035568 No
Sep 4, 2004 Terceros, W.; Zabala, R. [201] Bolivia K000035574 No
Sep 4, 2004 Meneces, E. [604] Bolivia K000035570 No
Sep 4, 2004 Meneces, E. [650] Bolivia K000035562 No
Sep 4, 2004 Meneces, E.; Terceros, W. [203] Bolivia K000035576 No
Sep 4, 2004 Hartshorn, G.; Meneces, E. [2.081] Bolivia K000035551 No
Jan 1, 1986 Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Lima, J.; Guedes, J.; Coêlho, J. [4867] Brazil K000947237 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Prance, G.T.; Berg, C.C.; Bisby, F.A.; Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Lima, J.F. [18378] Brazil K000947234 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [7558] Brazil K000947225 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L. [7023] Brazil K000947228 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T. [10403] Brazil K000947227 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [10309] Brazil K000947226 Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Ule, E. [9322] Brazil K000947229 Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Krukoff, B.A. [7993] Brazil K000947224 Yes
Nov 6, 1967 White, O.E. [1495] Bolivia K000512090 Type Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Ule, E. [9323] Brazil K000947230 Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Krukoff, B.A. [8302] Brazil K000947221 Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Krukoff, B.A. [5312] Brazil K000947233 Yes
Nov 6, 1967 White, O.E. [1492] Bolivia K000512091 Isotype Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Krukoff, B.A. [5312] Brazil K000947232 Yes
Nov 6, 1967 Williams, L. [12018] Venezuela K000512093 Type Yes
Dec 15, 1966 Triana, J. [855] Colombia K000512092 Type Yes
Ducke, A. [1788] Brazil K000947231 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Rocha, M.P.; Castro, R.A. [R.4404] Brazil K000947238 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5340] Brazil K000947223 Yes
Assunção, P.A.C.L.; Pereira, E.C.; Silva, C.F. [570] Brazil K000947235 Yes
Sasaki, D.; Henicka, G.S.; Piva, J.H. [1778] Brazil K000447613 No
Krukoff, B.A. [5217] Brazil K000947222 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5188] Brazil K000947220 Yes
Pennington, R.T.; Rowe, E.C.; et al. [7] Bolivia K:SPC-53782.000 No
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Ramos, J.; Lima, J. [6313V] Brazil K000947236 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5188] Brazil K000947219 Yes

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    • Copyright applied to individual images
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