Doliocarpus major J.F.Gmel.
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 805 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Delima guianensis Rich. ex DC. in Syst. Nat. 1: 408 (1817)
- Doliocarpus curtipes J.F.Macbr. in Candollea 6: 13 (1934)
- Doliocarpus dentosus Mart. in Flora 24(2 Beibl.): 65 (1841)
- Doliocarpus dentosus var. piauhiensis Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 75 (1863)
- Doliocarpus piauhiensis Mart. ex Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 75 (1863)
- Doliocarpus punctatus Standl. in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 15: 286 (1925)
- Doliocarpus rolandri var. parcus J.F.Macbr. in Candollea 6: 13 (1934)
- Doliocarpus scandens Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 497 (1812)
- Doliocarpus spinulifer Miq. in Linnaea 18: 266 (1844)
- Doliocarpus strictus (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 498 (1812)
- Tetracera stricta Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 2: 1241 (1799)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
- 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.
- Mota de Oliveira, S. & Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. (eds.) (2016). Flora of the Guianas, Series A 31: 1-169. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 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, 1991 | Cid Ferreira, C.A. [8745], Brazil | K001071173 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1991 | Strudwick, J.J. [3275], Brazil | K001071171 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1969 | Smith, L.B. [6664], Brazil | K001071186 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1969 | Martius [579], Brazil | K000220345 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1965 | Eiten, G. [5540], Brazil | K001071178 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1867 | Prance, G.T. [2036], Brazil | K001071177 | Yes | ||
| Egler, W.A. [46080], Brazil | K001071175 | Yes | |||
| Burchell, W.J. [9682], Brazil | K001071180 | Yes | |||
| Burchell, W.J. [9914], Brazil | K001071179 | Yes | |||
| Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4229], Brazil | K001071172 | Yes | |||
| Hill, S.R. [13198], Brazil | K001071187 | Yes | |||
| Maas, P.J.M. [P13072], Brazil | K001071174 | Yes | |||
| Rusby, H.H. [2495], Brazil | K001071184 | Yes | |||
| Prance, G.T. [2904], Brazil | K001071182 | Yes | |||
| Moore, S. [535], Brazil | K000220346 | Yes | |||
| Krukoff, B.A. [6723], Brazil | K001071183 | Yes | |||
| Fendler, A. [305], Panama | K000220361 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Fróes, R.L. [1758], Brazil | K001071185 | Yes | |||
| Prance, G.T. [3490], Brazil | K001071176 | Yes | |||
| Burchell, W.J. [9496], Brazil | K001071181 | Yes | |||
| Fendler, A. [305], Panama | K000220362 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0