Euphorbiaceae
Alchornea

Alchornea latifolia Sw.

First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 98 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food, has environmental uses and for fuel and firewood.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • De S.Secco, R. (2004). Alchorneae (Euphorbiaceae) (Alchornea, Aparisthmium e Conceveiba). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 93: 1-194.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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., 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.
  • Linares, J.L. (2003 publ. 2005). Lista comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la República de El Salvador. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 44: 105-268.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.

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

  • Carvajal, L., Ariza, W., Caro, L., Valero, N. (2014). Especies forestales representativas del Sur Oriente de Boyacá. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
  • 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

  • De S.Secco, R. (2004). Alchorneae (Euphorbiaceae) (Alchornea, Aparisthmium e Conceveiba). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 93: 1-194.
  • Linares, J.L. (2003 publ. 2005). Lista comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la República de El Salvador. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 44: 105-268.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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 (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • 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?
Jul 1, 2004 Jurgensen [561 bis] Mexico K000648397 Type Yes
Apr 1, 2004 Cuatrecasas, J. [19536] Colombia K001500473 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Maas, P.J.M.; Mejia, M. [6444] Dominican Republic K000716323 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Haiti K003490261 Yes
Wright, C. [579] Cuba K003490237 Yes
Rivera, G.; Hoomans, J.; Badilla, J. [1846] Costa Rica K003490226 Yes
Jorgensen [561s.n.] Mexico K000648399 Type Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [19724] Guatemala K003490200 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan J, J. [9162] Mexico K003490184 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [10541] Cuba K003490239 Yes
Martinez, E.S.; Ramos, H.; Lombera, R. [25192] Mexico K003490183 Yes
s.coll. [833] Jamaica K003490247 Yes
Sintenis, P. [4368] Puerto Rico K003490267 Yes
[Jurgensen] [399] Mexico K003490181 Yes
Tucker, J.M. [805] El Salvador K003490220 Yes
s.coll. [750] Mexico K003490187 Yes
Purdie [s.n.] Jamaica K003490253 Yes
Macfadyen [s.n.] Jamaica K003490249 Yes
s.coll. [833] Jamaica K003490246 Yes
Rilg, L. [84] Trinidad and Tobago K003490272 Yes
Ponce C, F. [185] Mexico K003490194 Yes
Harris, W.H. [9906] Jamaica K003490240 Yes
Jurgensen, C. [922] Mexico K003490195 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [34] Belize K003490209 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [3367] Mexico K003490188 Yes
Lehmann [5127] Colombia K000600598 Holotype Yes
Peck, M.E. [768] Belize K003490208 Yes
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] Jamaica K003490245 Yes
Sintenis, P. [6105] Puerto Rico K003490264 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2414] Belize K003490210 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [2439] Costa Rica K003490231 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003490241 Yes
Chavarría, M.M. [813] Costa Rica K003490212 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhán K, J. [9331] Mexico K003490185 Yes
Bourgeau, M. [1699] Mexico K003490192 Yes
Rivera [2868] Costa Rica K003490221 Yes
Rivera; et al. [1846] Costa Rica K003490227 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2478] Belize K003490205 Yes
Asprey, G.F. [899] Jamaica K003490250 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [4080] Costa Rica K003490233 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003490244 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [16271] Mexico K003490182 Yes
Rivera, G.; Petruzzi, B. [2868] Costa Rica K003490224 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K, J. [9333] Mexico K003490191 Yes
Blanco, M.; Soto, R.; Sánchez, J.; Otros [1160] Costa Rica K003490223 Yes
Jurgensen, C. [922] Mexico K003490180 Yes
Aguilar, R. [3001] Costa Rica K003490217 Yes
Baron Eggers [s.n.] Puerto Rico K003490262 Yes
Vindel, O. [21-U1] Honduras K003490206 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [2442] Costa Rica K003490235 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [4080] Costa Rica K003490232 Yes
Matuda, E. [117436] Mexico K003490186 Yes
Gonzalez, J. [783] Costa Rica K003490230 Yes
Bridgewater, S.G.M.; Harris, D.J. [2764] Belize K003490236 Yes
Moraga, C. [731] Costa Rica K003490215 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003490242 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2750] Belize K003490211 Yes
Fuertes, P.M. [805] Dominican Republic K003490258 Yes
Hooker; Purdie [s.n.] Jamaica K003490252 Yes
Perkins, J.R. [1340] Jamaica K003490248 Yes
Eggers [1853] Dominican Republic K003490259 Yes
Wilson [s.n.] Jamaica K003490251 Yes
Cedillo Trigos, R.; Calzada, J.I. [142] Mexico K003490198 Yes
Lundell, C.L. [2574] Guatemala K003490202 Yes
Wright, C. [579] Cuba K003490238 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K, J. [9315] Mexico K003490196 Yes
Macfadyen [s.n.] Jamaica K003490243 Yes
Sintenis, P. [319] Puerto Rico K003490266 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K003490201 Yes
Lehmann [5127] Colombia K000600601 Holotype Yes
Sintenis, P. [974] Puerto Rico K003490263 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Bhorai, M. [13798] Trinidad and Tobago K003490271 Yes
Martínez, K.; Flores, K. [183] Costa Rica K003490219 Yes
Ríos-Levy, P. [15] Costa Rica K003490225 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2478] Belize K003490204 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K, J. [9502] Mexico K003490193 Yes
Lehmann [5127] Colombia K000600599 Holotype Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003490273 Yes
Chavarria [813] Costa Rica K003490216 Yes
Shafer, J.A. [1148] British Virgin Islands K003490270 Yes
Gonzalez, J.; Dauphin, G. [1046] Costa Rica K003490214 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2414] Belize K003490207 Yes
Estrada, A.; Valverde, Ó.; Gutiérrez, L.; Gomez, H. [1003] Costa Rica K003490234 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [112] Belize K003490203 Yes
Morton, C.V.; Makrinius, E. [2480] Mexico K003490190 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Haiti K003490260 Yes
Lehmann [5127] Colombia K000600600 Type Yes
Velázquez L., C. [234] Mexico K003490197 Yes
Wright [s.n.] Jamaica K003490254 Yes
Sintenis, P. [4136] Puerto Rico K003490265 Yes
Hoffmann, C. [530] Costa Rica K003490228 Yes
Cascante, A. [1072] Costa Rica K003490229 Yes
Axelrod, F. [7641] Puerto Rico K003490268 Yes
Fishlock, W.C. [T95] British Virgin Islands K003490269 Yes
Poncec, F. [185] Mexico K003490199 Yes
Aguilar, R. [3001] Costa Rica K003490218 Yes
Moraga [731] Costa Rica K003490213 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [2439] Costa Rica K003490222 Yes
Peru K000111553 Yes
Bolivia K001378564 Yes
Panama K001500470 Yes
Venezuela K001500471 Yes
Venezuela K001500472 Yes
Colombia K001500474 Yes
Colombia K001500475 Yes
Ecuador K001500476 Yes
Peru K001500477 Yes
Peru K001500478 Yes
Peru K001500479 Yes
Bolivia K001500480 Yes
Bolivia K001500481 Yes
Ecuador, Venezuela K001500482 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

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    • 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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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