Annonaceae
Xylopia

Xylopia amazonica R.E.Fr.

First published in Acta Horti Berg. 12: 562 (1939)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to Suriname and N. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela

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

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.
  • 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
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
  • 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.
  • 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, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Frisby, S.; Reis, T.C.Y.; Antunes, R.L.; Piva, J. [2328] Brazil K000578764 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6535] Bolivia K001501840 Yes
Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [1177] Brazil K001186136 Yes
Daly, D.C. [5461] Brazil K001186127 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2230] Brazil K001186138 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [6317] Brazil K001186141 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [8719] Brazil K001186124 Yes
Bruce, W. [397] Brazil K001186121 Yes
Ribeiro, J.E.L.S. [1674] Brazil K001186129 Yes
Maguire, B. [56513] Brazil K001186117 Yes
Thomas, W. [3873] Brazil K001186140 Yes
Rodrigues, W.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001186116 Yes
Harley, R.M. [10266] Brazil K001186120 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [7861] Brazil K001186123 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [875] Brazil K001186133 Yes
Amaral, I.L. [s.n.] Brazil K001186115 Yes
Prance, G.T. [17842] Brazil K001186126 Yes
Dick, C. [42] Brazil K001186131 Yes
Cruz, A.; Medina, F. [165] Bolivia K001501841 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2230] Brazil K001186137 Yes
Prance, G.T. [59162] Brazil K001186119 Yes
Argent, G.C.G. [6778] Brazil K001186132 Yes
Souza, M.A.D.; Silva, C.F. [181] Brazil K001186128 Yes
Prance, G.T. [9534] Brazil K001186125 Yes
Nelson, B.W. [392] Brazil K001186122 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [296] Brazil K001186130 Yes
Forero, E. [7040] Brazil K001186142 Yes
Rodrigues, W.A.; Amaral, I.L.; Silva, M.G.; Carlitos; Miranda, M. [10600] Brazil K001186139 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [1842] Brazil K001186134 Yes
Prance, G.T. [s.n.] Brazil K001186118 Yes
Harley, R.M. [10044] Brazil K001186135 Yes
Bolivia K001501841 No

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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