Cyclanthaceae
Ludovia

Ludovia lancifolia Brongn.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 15: 362 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Panama to N. South America and Peru. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, P.E., Holst, B.K. & Yatskievych, K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (1998). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 4: 1-799. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • 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

  • Berry, P.E., Holst, B.K. & Yatskievych, K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (1998). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 4: 1-799. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

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.
  • 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. [2319] Brazil K000579103 Yes
{Oldeman; Sastre} [225] French Guiana K002775894 Yes
K:SPC-26117.000 No
Prévost, M.F.; Grenand, P. [2041] French Guiana K002775895 Yes
Sugden, A. [626] Panama K002775904 Yes
s.coll. [8691] K002775907 Yes
Ayala, F.; Wolf, J.; Criollo, G.; Torres, J. [3356] Peru K002775901 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002775909 Yes
Schultes, R.E.; Cabrera, I. [s.n.] Colombia K002775902 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002775908 Yes
K:SPC-49419.000 No
Sugden, A. [626] Panama K002775905 Yes
Barrier, S. [422] Peru K002775900 Yes
Sugden, A. [626] Panama K002775903 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

  • 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/

  • 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