Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex megapotamica (Spreng.) Moldenke

First published in Amer. J. Bot. 38: 327 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Bolivia to Brazil and NE. Argentina. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Arbo, M.M. & al. (2018). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(1): 1-488. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • de Lima, C.T. & França, F. (2009). Flora da Bahia: Vitex Tour. ex L. Lamiaceae. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 9: 225-244.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • de Lima, C.T. & França, F. (2009). Flora da Bahia: Vitex Tour. ex L. Lamiaceae. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 9: 225-244.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2013 Sellow [288] Brazil K000735711 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000735712 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Forzza, R.C., et al. [4397] Brazil K000735715 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000488022 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000488023 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000735713 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000488021 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Bellodi, S.M. [s.n.] Brazil K001218536 Yes
Santos, E.P. [210] Brazil K001218540 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001218549 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [s.n.] Brazil K001218530 Yes
Lindeman, J.C. [4718] Brazil K001218539 Yes
Smith, L.B. [8284] Brazil K001218541 Yes
Olmstead, R. [102] Argentina K001925443 No
Rambo, B. [49270] Brazil K001218547 Yes
Rambo, B. [44611] Brazil K001218546 Yes
Burchell [4250] Brazil K001218526 Yes
Tweedie [6] Brazil K001218527 Yes
Silva, F.C. [1597] Brazil K001218534 Yes
Rambo, B. [37993] Brazil K001218548 Yes
Vieira, A.O.S. [s.n.] Brazil K001218533 Yes
Nakajima, J.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001218538 Yes
Widgren [s.n.] Brazil K001218529 Yes
Reitz [7581] Brazil K001218532 Yes
Dusén, P. [15956] Brazil K001218531 Yes
Chagas e Silva, F. [1597] Brazil K001218535 Yes
Maciel, N.C. [11] Brazil K001218545 Yes
Dusén, P. [7262] Brazil K001218528 Yes
Reitz [7613] Brazil K001218537 Yes
Usteri, P.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001218525 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://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/

  • 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