Myristicaceae

Virola Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane: 904 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Mexico to S. Tropical America and Trinidad.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 10, 2022 Pipoly, J.; et al. [16962] Colombia K000648703 Isotype No
Oct 10, 2022 Zak, V.; Espinoza, S. [5149] Ecuador K000648704 Isotype No
Oct 10, 2022 Palacios, W.; Neill, D. [622] Ecuador K000648711 Isotype No
Mar 31, 2017 Tredwell; Hahn [103] Peru K001611435 Yes
Mar 31, 2017 Tredwell; Hahn [103] Peru K001611434 Yes
Mar 31, 2017 Tredwell; Hahn; et al. [29] Peru K001611415 Yes
Mar 31, 2017 Tredwell; Hahn [103] Peru K001611424 Yes
Mar 31, 2017 Tredwell; Hahn [103] Peru K001611425 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Pereira, J.B.; Barreto dos Santos, A.J.; Araújo dos Santos, E. [16158] Brazil K001600868 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [15593] Brazil K001577239 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; Ceijas, E. [17068] Peru K:SPC-64722.000 No
Prescott, M.; Watkiss, E.J. [110] Bolivia K:SPC-60630.000 No
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [15440] Brazil K001577203 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [15551] Brazil K001577238 Yes
Groves-Raines, S.; Watkiss, E.J. [159] Bolivia K:SPC-59684.000 No
Pennington, R.T.; Rowe, E.C.; et al. [96] Bolivia K:SPC-54694.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Veloz, L. [13987] Ecuador K:SPC-58762.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Veloz, L. [13998] Ecuador K:SPC-58773.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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