Boraginaceae

Cordia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 191 (1753), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtrop.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Howland-Baker Is., India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

East Aegean Is., Florida, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Iraq, Libya, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Türkey

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 6.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 87 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 190 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by A. M. Warfa [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Warfa in Acta Univ. Upsal., Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science 174: 1–78 (1988).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 87 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 190 (1753)
  • Warfa, Acta Univ. Upsal. 174: 1–78 (1988)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2017 Morawetz, W. [26] Brazil K001138234 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [Cat. no. s.n.] India K001132955 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Wood, J.R.I., et al [24015] Bolivia K000373114 No
Sep 1, 2008 Soejarto, D.; Southavong, B. [10722] Laos K000610088 No
Feb 1, 2008 Conn; Kairo [458] Papua New Guinea K000512341 No
Jan 1, 2004 Poncy, O.; Serein, J.-Y. [1889] French Guiana K001572132 Yes
Mar 1, 2002 Fuentes; Fernando [PPI 37141] Philippines K000606403 No
Jan 1, 1987 Eggers. H. [14942] Ecuador K000583401 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Archer, W.A. [1061] Colombia K000583424 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Lawrance, A., E. [625] Colombia K000583415 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Brummitt, R.K.; Seyani, J.H.; Patel, I.H. [14980] Malawi K000285746 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 s.coll. [486] Brazil K000583287 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Lawrance, A.E. [330] Colombia K000583419 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 1950 Camp, W.H. [3174] Ecuador K000583408 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1950 Prieto, F. [4961] Ecuador K000583392 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1950 Camp, W.H. [3904] Ecuador K000583409 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1931 Holton, F.L. [520] Colombia K000583416 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1931 Steinbach [6792] Bolivia K000583398 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1931 McLean [s.n.] Peru K000583414 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1896 Wallich, N. [1829] Burma K000998055 Type Yes
Andersson [123] Ecuador K000449160 Yes
Barclay [s.n.] Panama K000583426 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000998069 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eyles, F. [8806] Zimbabwe K:SPC-11172.000 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9589] Cameroon K000029798 No
Lavranos, J.; Mies; et al. [31452] Yemen K001870930 No
Neves, D.M.; Queiroz, L.P.; Dexter, K.G.; Baker, T. [1476] Brazil K001930667 Yes
Olmstead, R.; Calviño, C.; Martínez, S.; O'Leary, N. [114] Argentina K001925451 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 892] K001110183 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 892] K001110187 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 892] India K001110185 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [1211] Ethiopia K:SPC-35797.000 No
Barter [3425] Niger K000418705 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 893] K001110188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rowland [s.n] Nigeria K000418704 Type Yes
Ruiz; Pavón [15/18] Peru K000583427 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peter, A. [45606] Tanzania K001581967 Yes
Peter, A. Tanzania K001572298 Yes
Peter, A. [42428] Tanzania K001572316 Yes
Peter, A. [42296] Tanzania K001572320 Yes
Peter, A. [42534] Tanzania K001572323 Yes
de Souza, V. [242] Brazil K001516899 Yes
Folli, D.A. [3978] Brazil K001516926 Yes
Peter, A. [52311] Tanzania K001560345 Yes
Peter, A. [52309] Tanzania K001560358 Yes
Schoenenberger J.; Etuge, M. [340] Cameroon K001383651 Yes
Plaizier, A.C. [1292] Kenya K001574503 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Watanabe, M.; Pereira, J. [58322] Brazil K001577385 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [15586] Brazil K001577236 Yes
Heudelot [342] Gambia, The K000418706 Type Yes
Headley, P.M. [223] Ethiopia K:SPC-06049.057 No
Killip, E.P; Smith, A.C. [15005] Colombia K000583407 Type Yes
Haught, O. [2817] Colombia K000583402 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Burma K001132436 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Sceber] [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K000583256 Unknown Type Material Yes
Staudt [614] Cameroon K000418685 Type Yes
Griffith, W. [182] India K000998056 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clase, T.,, Ulian, T., Rossi, G. [5907] Dominican Republic K000819522 Yes
Bang, M. [1530] Bolivia K000583418 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [567] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-01097.000 No
Tozzi, R. [332] Somalia K000418672 Isotype Yes
Heudelot [s.n.] Gambia, The K000418707 Type Yes
Ash [326] Ethiopia K:SPC-06049.333 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 9064] India K001132167 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 896] K001110197 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 896] K001110196 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 892] K001110184 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verdcourt, B. [2516] Kenya K:SPC-01098.000 No
Mann [768] Cameroon K000418686 Type Yes
Zenker; Staudt [594] Cameroon K000418708 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 894] Burma K001110189 Unknown Type Material Yes
Goetze, W. [365] Tanzania K000418660 Lectotype Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1060] Kenya K:SPC-39647.000 No
Martin [s.n.] French Guiana K000583307 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 892] India K001110186 Unknown Type Material Yes
Klug, G. [2823] Peru K000583391 Type Yes
Sutton, H. [s.n.] Panama K000583425 Unknown Type Material Yes
India K:SPC-66400.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132435 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1461] Bolivia K000295378 No
Klug, G. [2193] Peru K000583406 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [305] Ethiopia K:SPC-06049.399 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 890] K001110176 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wydler, H. [143] Puerto Rico K000583283 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rusby, H.H [2535] Bolivia Saccellium K000583366 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rusby, H.H [2535] Bolivia Saccellium K000583367 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, G. [1779] Brazil Auxemma K001090222 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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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/
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