Acanthaceae
Bravaisia

Bravaisia integerrima (Spreng.) Standl.

First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1335 (1926)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuela, Trinidad. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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
  • Castro-Moreno, C. (2019). Línea base de especies en términos de su vocación de conservación y uso sostenible del departamento de Santander-Proyecto Santander BIO.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • 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 (2015). Identificación de las plantas útiles como Productos Forestales No Maderables del Bosque seco-Tropical en tres ventanas del Caribe colombiano. 1386 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Sarmiento Bernal, C. (Proveedor del metadatos). Espitia Palenci, L. (Autor), Gallego, B. (Punto de contacto), Aguilar Cano, J. (Curador), Mendoza, H. (Curador). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=rrbb_bst-caribe_plantae_2015

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 7, 2007 Azofeifa, A. [679] Costa Rica K001639502 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Langlassé, E. [831] Mexico K000064410 No
Jan 1, 1986 Bernoulli; Cario [2042] Guatemala K000534320 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Cuming, H. [1307] K000534319 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Vargas [s.n.] Venezuela K000534321 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Tate, R. [309] Nicaragua K000534317 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Oersted, A.S. [s.n.] Costa Rica K000534318 Unknown Type Material Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [6057] Venezuela K004999050 Yes
Haught, O.L. [3989] Colombia K004999060 Yes
Fendler, A. [2041] Venezuela K004999052 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [61181] Venezuela K004999054 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [7919] Trinidad and Tobago K004999045 Yes
Otto, E.; [Klotszsch] [538] Venezuela K004999051 Yes
Martínez S., E. [18384] Mexico K000064409 No
Quesada, F. [561] Costa Rica K001769315 Yes
Williams, L. [12904] Venezuela K004999058 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukán K., J. [9139] Mexico K000064411 No
Marshall, B.C. [12474] Trinidad and Tobago K004999046 Yes
Chalmers, W. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K004999044 Yes
Lockhart [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K004999048 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukán K., J. [9354] Mexico K000064412 No
s.coll. [11449] Venezuela K004999057 Yes
Smith, H. [1869] Colombia K004999061 Yes
Crueger [46] Trinidad and Tobago K004999047 Yes
Thomsen, K. [163] Costa Rica K001295761 Yes
Lehman [s.n.] Colombia K004999062 Yes
Bernardi, A.L. [6903] Venezuela K004999055 Yes
Williams, L. [12904] Venezuela K004999059 Yes
Fendler, A. [2407] Venezuela K004999053 Yes
Cooper, G.P.; Slater, G.W. [25a] Panama K004999049 Yes
Pennell, F. [4697] Colombia K004999063 Yes
s.coll. [11449] Venezuela K004999056 Yes
Martínez S., E.; Ramos, C.H. [26328] Mexico K000064416 No

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

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

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