Lauraceae
Nectandra

Nectandra cuspidata Nees & Mart.

First published in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Syst. Laur.: 330 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to 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 for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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. & 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.
  • Köhler, E., Rohwer, J.G., Lepper, L. & Gutiérrez Amaro, J.E. (2014). Flora de la republica de Cuba : Serie A, Plantas vasculares 19: 1-124, 1-86, 1-54.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.
  • Rodrigues de Moraes, P.L. (2013). The collections of Lauraceae in the herbarium of Henri Van Heurck (AWH). Plant ecology and evolution 146: 360-383.
  • 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.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. 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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Rodrigues de Moraes, P.L. (2013). The collections of Lauraceae in the herbarium of Henri Van Heurck (AWH). Plant ecology and evolution 146: 360-383.
  • 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.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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.
  • 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 Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • 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, 1983 Schomburgk, R.H. [987] Guyana K000642350 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Schomburgk [809/1392 B] Guyana K000642348 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Argentina K000642351 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Spruce [2448] Brazil K000642352 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1887 Pearce, S. [s.n.] Colombia K000644165 Type Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [15889] Brazil K001590691 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Barreto dos Santos, A.J.; Moreira, G.A.; Pereira, J.B. [15147] Brazil K001604776 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Maxwell, H.; Wasshausen, D.C. [21038] Brazil K003314758 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59558] Brazil K003314760 Yes
Reitz; Klein [2394] Brazil K003314767 Yes
Henkel, T.W.; Williams, R. [2109] Guyana K003314714 Yes
Duarte, A.P. [8838] Brazil K003314764 Yes
Archer, W.A. [8242] Brazil K003314751 Yes
Froes, R. [1896] Brazil K003314754 Yes
s.coll. [3258] Brazil K003314746 Yes
Gardner [609] Brazil K003314744 Yes
Cardiel, J.M.; Groves-Raines, S. [147] Bolivia K003275133 No
Glaziou, M. [11465] Brazil K003314745 Yes
Steinbach, J. [7357] Bolivia K003275140 No
Silva, N.T. [57828] Brazil K003314762 Yes
Fanshawe, D. [3449] Guyana K003314725 Yes
s.coll. [5412] Brazil K003314752 Yes
Daniels, J. [s.n.] Guyana K003314730 Yes
Gardner [[6]09] Brazil K003314748 Yes
[Burchell] [9408] Brazil K004006183 Yes
{Eric Rodríguez R} [2702] Peru K003275131 No
Krukoff, B.A. [10578] Bolivia K003275138 No
Krukoff, B.A. [10663] Bolivia K003275142 No
Forest Department of British Guiana [D504] Guyana K003314727 Yes
Félix, L.P.; [J. V. Doruelos] [1826] Peru K003275150 No
Redden, K.M.; Wurdack, K.J.; Alexander, S.; Perry, C.; Jacobis, C.; Hunter, D.; Roland, V.; Huter, H. [6913] Guyana K003314708 Yes
Callejas, R.; Betancur, J.; Roldan, F.J. [3593] Colombia K003275125 No
{Killeen; Panfil; Arroyo} [5248] Bolivia K003275156 No
van der Werff, H.; Vasquez, R.; Gray, B.; Ortiz, R.; Dávila, N. [18025] Peru K003275129 No
Monteagudo, A.; Ortiz, G. [5491] Peru K003275151 No
Buchtien, O. [716] Bolivia K003275135 No
Putierrez R, A. [s.n.] Peru K003275149 No
Paniagua, N.; Macuapa, G.; Macuapa, N. [48] Bolivia K003275132 No
Forest Department of British Guiana [F2294] Guyana K003314723 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [987] Guyana K000642349 Type Yes
Hostmann [790] Suriname K003314720 Yes
Miguel Bang Lectæ, A. [1396] Bolivia K003275139 No
Lawrance, A.E. [354] Colombia K003275119 No
Archer, W.A. [7802] Brazil K003314757 Yes
Boom, B.M. [4558] Bolivia K003275159 No
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59558] Brazil K003314761 Yes
Pereira, E.; de Vattimo, I. [9861] Brazil K003314721 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [431] Guyana K003314736 Yes
Forest Dept. [2499] Guyana K003314728 Yes
Killeen, T.; Panfil, S.; Arroyo, L. [4868] Bolivia K003275155 No
Smith, D.N. [4161] Peru K003275147 No
de La Cruz, J.S. [2580] Guyana K003314733 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [790] Guyana K003314711 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [465] Guyana K003314735 Yes
s.coll. [2670] Brazil K003314740 Yes
Williams, R.S. [568] Bolivia K003275134 No
Appun, C.F. [294] Guyana K003314712 Yes
Callejas, R.; Roldan, F.J.; Betancur, J.; Martínez, C. [4349] Colombia K003275123 No
Allen, C. [197] Colombia K003275120 No
Lima, A. [58-3031] Brazil K003314768 Yes
Reitz; Klein [2682] Brazil K003314766 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [10663] Bolivia K003275141 No
Schomburgk, R. [929] Guyana K000642347 Type Yes
Ule, E. [9396] Peru K003275152 No
Spruce [1318] Brazil K003314743 Yes
Chanderbali, A.; Gopaul, D.; Elliman, C. [298] Guyana K003314710 Yes
Quevedo, R.; Gutierrez, G.; Jardim; Diez, V. [1050] Bolivia K003275158 No
s.coll. [2448] Brazil K003314747 Yes
Archer, W.A. [7572] Brazil K003314756 Yes
Gleason, H.A. [291] Guyana K003314731 Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [22 (3)] Guyana K003314713 Yes
Hostmann (Dr.) [790] Suriname K003314719 Yes
s.coll. [14211] Brazil K003314741 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T.; Pires, J.M. [59157] Brazil K003314763 Yes
Miers [4266] Brazil K003314738 Yes
Franco Mellado, L.; Ortiz, E.V.; Mateo, J.; Francis, R. [2547] Peru K003275130 No
Daniels, J. [s.n.] Guyana K003314726 Yes
Gleason, H.A. [291] Guyana K003314732 Yes
Burchell [9802] Brazil K003314737 Yes
Miguel Bang Lectæ, A. [1396] Bolivia K003275136 No
Neill, D.; Quizhpe, W. [16234] Ecuador K003275128 No
Forest Dept. [2503] Guyana K003314729 Yes
Chanderbali, A.; Gopaul, D.; Paul, S.; George, R. [279] Guyana K003314709 Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [22 (3)] Guyana K003314716 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [10351] Bolivia K003275137 No
Froes, R. [1994] Brazil K003314753 Yes
Martyn [402] Guyana K003314734 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [5030] Guyana K003314722 Yes
Putierrez R, A. [s.n.] Peru K003275148 No
Blanchet [3258] Brazil K003314749 Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [69] Guyana K003314715 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6064] Brazil K003314755 Yes
Callejas, R.; Betancur, J.; Roldan, F.J. [4735] Colombia K003275124 No
Molina, J.A.; Barkley, F.A. [18Va211] Venezuela K003275127 No
Frambach, J. [s.n.] Brazil K003314750 Yes
Arroyo, L.; Keil, K. [162] Bolivia K003275157 No
Ribeiro, R.D.; Milton (Piau) [884] Brazil K003314759 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [2222] Colombia K003275126 No
Silva, N.T. [59713] Brazil K003314765 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K003314739 Yes
Pearce, S. [s.n.] Colombia K000644164 Type Yes
Burchell [10079] Brazil K003314742 Yes
Schomburgk [22 (3)] Guyana K003314717 Yes
Forest Department of British Guiana [F713] Guyana K003314724 Yes
Callejas, R.; Betancur, J.; Roldan, F.J.; Martínez, C. [4349] Colombia K003275121 No
Fonnegra, R.; Roldan, F.J. [2329] Colombia K003275122 No
Schomburgk [69] Guyana K003314718 Yes
Guillen, R.; Solíz, P. [3835] Bolivia K003275154 No
Wood, J.R.I. [10413] Bolivia K003275153 No
Jan 1, 1983 Rusby, H.H. [707] Bolivia Nectandra pichurim var. cuprea K000644166 Syntype Yes

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

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    • 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

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0