Polygonaceae

Coccoloba P.Browne

First published in Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 209 (1756)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Cook Is., Gilbert Is., Guinea-Bissau, Line Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, New Caledonia, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Réunion, Society Is., Solomon Is., Thailand, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vietnam, Wake I.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1957 Anderson [s.n.] Saint Lucia K000532085 Unknown Type Material Yes
Anderson [s.n.] Saint Lucia K000532087 Unknown Type Material Yes
Duss [36] Martinique K000532083 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, R.M. ; Giuietti, A.M. ; Abreu, I. [56744] Brazil K001553013 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Galan, P.; Magana, F.; Martinez, V.M. [6311] El Salvador K001532154 No
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [15727] Brazil K001577215 Yes
Wright, C. [2254] Cuba K000035909 Type Yes
Hahn, L. [1005] Martinique K000532084 Type Yes
Anderson [s.n.] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K000532086 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eggers [1762] Dominican Republic K000532090 Type Yes
Schomburgk [825] Guyana K000532165 Unknown Type Material Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [13135] Brazil K000532369 Type Yes
Wright, C. [2253] Cuba K000532107 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aona, L.Y.S.; Fonseca, W.O.; Costa, I.R.; Haigh, A.L.; Lucas, E. [3457] Brazil K000992737 Yes
de Lima, H.C.; Martinelli, G.; Fernandez, E.P.; Neto, B.K. [8815] Brazil K001905168 No
Brazil K000532373 Unknown Type Material Yes
Triana, J. [974] Colombia K000590124 Type Yes
Schomburgk [s.n.] Guyana K000532166 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0