Vochysiaceae
Vochysia

Vochysia ferruginea Mart.

First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 1: 151 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2015). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen VIII. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. 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.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. 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

  • 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.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2015). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen VIII. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. 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.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. 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.
  • 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
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1995 Ratter, J.A.; Sananiotti, T.M. [6904] Brazil K001108460 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Hatschbach, G.G.; Silva, J.M. [48599] Brazil K001108457 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Hatschbach, G.G.; Silva, J.M. [48599] Brazil K001108456 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8632] Brazil K001108451 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [2881] Brazil K001108444 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G.; Monteiro, O.P. [9527] Brazil K001108449 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Prance, G.T.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [7700] Brazil K001108443 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Farney, C.; Batista, E.F.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Martinelli, G.; Silva, Y.T.; Mota, C.D.A. [2105] Brazil K001108463 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Lowrie, S.R.; Lowy, B.; Coelho, D.; Morreira, M.; Souza, V.M. [122] Brazil K001108459 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Thomas, W.W.; Guedes, J.; Lima, R.P., de [3837] Brazil K001108461 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Nelson, B.W. [2923] Brazil K001108458 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Argent, G.C.G.; Ramos, J.; Richards, P.W.; Souza, R. [6584] Brazil K001108448 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Harley, R.M.; Souza, R. [10052] Brazil K001108447 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Maguire, B.; Pires, J.M.; Maguire, C.K.; Silva, N.T., da [56870] Brazil K001108450 Yes
Jan 1, 1947 Krukoff, B.A. [8163] Brazil K001108446 Yes
Jan 1, 1947 Spruce, R. [952] Brazil K001108454 Yes
Jan 1, 1947 Martius [s.n.] Brazil K000565986 Type Yes
Basset Maguire; Cowan, R.S.; Wurdack, J.J. [29753] Venezuela K003882798 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [1521] Brazil K001108452 Yes
Rivas, I. [09-C1] Honduras K003882182 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Barbosa [3598] Colombia K003882793 Yes
Myers, J.G. [5701] Guyana K003882518 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Woolcott, D.B.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [16248] Brazil K003882509 Yes
Mori, S.; Rabelo, B.; Belo, H.; Cardoso, J.; Nonato, R.; dos Santos, M.R. [16491] Brazil K003882510 Yes
Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Henicka, G. [2246] Brazil K000579084 Yes
Brant, A.E.; Roldan, F.J. [1476] Colombia K003882792 Yes
Fuchs, H.P.; Torres R, J.H.H.; Zanella, A. [22234] Colombia K003882783 Yes
Seemann [636] Panama K003882778 Yes
Ducke, A. [1062] Brazil K001108445 Yes
Kuhlmann, J.G. [17768] Brazil K003882520 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; da Fonseca, S.G.; de Castro, R.A. [R2358] Brazil K003882526 Yes
Estrada, A.; Volio, E.; Valverde, O.; Mena, G. [1410] Costa Rica K003882216 Yes
Lobo, S.; Alvarado, G.; Ruiz-Boyer, A.; Chacon, R. [3347] Costa Rica K003882190 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [2218] Colombia K003882786 Yes
Plowman, T.; Davies, E.W.; Cid, C.A.; Amaral, I.L.; Lima, J.; Guedes, J. [12500] Brazil K003882507 Yes
Thomsen, K. [385] Costa Rica K003882189 Yes
Sobel, G.L.; Strudwick, J.; Silva, M.G.; Rosario, C.S.; Baia, R.P.; Vasconcelos, P.S.; Anderson, A.B. [4710] Brazil K003882521 Yes
Stevens, W.D. [13333] Costa Rica K003882218 Yes
Rodríguez, A. [13015] Costa Rica K001769445 Yes
[Lutton Mayer] [s.n.] Panama K003882780 Yes
Marcano-Berti, L.; Salcedo, P. [150-979] Colombia K003882795 Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [s.n.] Guyana K003882519 Yes
Smith, A.C. [2807] Guyana K003882515 Yes
Englesing, F.C. [250] Nicaragua K003882183 Yes
Austin, D.F.; Nauman, C.E.; Secco, R.S.; Rosario, C.; Santos, M.R. [7069] Brazil K003882512 Yes
Thomas, W.; Guedes, J.; Ackerley, D.; Lima, R.P. [3981] Brazil K003882528 Yes
Maasola, J. [10] Panama K003882775 Yes
Thomsen, K. [18] Costa Rica K003882184 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J.; Willard, L. [26207] Colombia K003882785 Yes
Pennington, R.T.; Bridgewater, S.; Daza, A. [994] Peru K003882801 Yes
Seemann [636] Panama K003882779 Yes
Hooker; Seemann [s.n.] Panama K003882777 Yes
Chatrou, L.W.; Soliz, P.I. [306] Bolivia K003882804 Yes
Herrera, G. [4126] Costa Rica K003882187 Yes
Pittier, H. [4442] Panama K003882776 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Schultes, R.E.; McElroy, J. [1156] Colombia K003882789 Yes
Simon, M.F.; et al. [951] Brazil K003882523 Yes
Clarke, H.D. [3272] Guyana K003882513 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [9199] Brazil K003882525 Yes
Simon, M.F.; et al. [1669] Brazil K003882524 Yes
Fuchs, H.P.; Zanella, L.; Tories, J.H. [22234] Colombia K003882790 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [9398] Brazil K003882522 Yes
Milliken, W.; Ramos, J.; Lima, J.; Watson, F. [132] Brazil K001108462 Yes
Smith, A.C. [2511] Guyana K003882514 Yes
Fuchs, H.P.; Zanella, L. [21732] Colombia K003882794 Yes
Kernan, C.; Phillips, P. [1014] Costa Rica K003882219 Yes
Lowrie, S.R.; Lowy, B.; Coelho, D.; Morreira, M.; de Souza, V.M. [74] Brazil K003882508 Yes
Dwyer, J.D.; Hayden, S.M.V. [8036] Panama K003882782 Yes
Fernandez, A. [7780] Venezuela K003882796 Yes
Marcano-Berti, L.; Peña, I. [558-979] Venezuela K003882799 Yes
Thomas, W.; Guedes, J.; Lima, R.P. [4208] Brazil K003882527 Yes
Aguilar, R.; Hammel, B. [102] Costa Rica K003882188 Yes
Vargas, O. [448] Costa Rica K003882185 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J.; Willard, L. [26207] Colombia K003882784 Yes
Wurdack, J.J.; Adderley, L.S. [43014] Venezuela K003882797 Yes
Aguilar, R. [3323] Costa Rica K003882221 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [2508] Costa Rica K003882186 Yes
Mori, S.; Rabelo, B.; Cardoso, J. [17497] Brazil K003882511 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16666] Peru K003882803 Yes
Myers, J.G. [5701] Guyana K003882517 Yes
Palacios, W. [2664] Ecuador K003882800 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gopaul, D.; James, V. [2426] Guyana K003882516 Yes
s.coll. [1613] Colombia K003882788 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16666] Peru K003882802 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001108455 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.b.] Brazil K001108453 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Barbosa [3810] Colombia K003882791 Yes
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K003882787 Yes
Aguilar, R. [3323] Costa Rica K003882220 Yes
Kernan, C.; Phillips, P. [1014] Costa Rica K003882217 Yes
Spruce, R. [3208] Panama K003882781 Yes

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