Fabaceae
Bowdichia

Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 376 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. 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

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. 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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • 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/

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Lewis, G. P. (1987). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia
  • Pittier, H. F. (1928). Trab. Mus. Com. Venez. 4:179-259... Papilionaceas
  • Steyermark, J. A. & Huber, O. (1978). Flora del Avila 514-565 Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Parcela 1; Sasaki, D.; Piva, J.H.; Santos, S.K.F.; Yamaciro, T. [463] Brazil K000579588 Yes
May 1, 1998 Harley, R.M.; Queiroz, L.P.; Giulietti, A.M.; Mayworn, M.A. [28255] Brazil K000188075 Yes
May 1, 1997 Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B.; Atkins, S.; Harley, R.; Saar, E.; Passos, L. [4971] Brazil K000188685 Yes
Apr 1, 1995 Carvalho, A.M.; Santos, T.S.; Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G. [3981] Brazil K000188082 Yes
Apr 1, 1995 Carvalho, A.M.; Santos, T.S.; Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G. [3981] Brazil K000188081 Yes
Apr 1, 1995 Brito, H.S.; Pennington, T. [340] Brazil K000188076 Yes
Apr 1, 1995 Brito, H.S.; Pennington, T. [340] Brazil K000188077 Yes
Apr 1, 1995 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3444] Brazil K000188684 Yes
Apr 1, 1995 Carvalho, A.M.; Santos, T.S.; Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G. [4035] Brazil K000188084 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Carvalho, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G.; Delabie, J.; Argolo, J.; Stevens, S.; Lewis, S.; Nerone, C. [4341] Brazil K000188086 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G.; Santos, E.B. [1481] Brazil K000188087 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3761] Brazil K000188074 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3542] Brazil K000188070 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Arbo, M.M.; Mello-Silva, R.; Vicente, J. [5509] Brazil K000188093 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G.; Santos, E.B.; Gois Neto, A. [1351] Brazil K000188089 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G.; Santos, E.B.; Gois Neto, A. [1351] Brazil K000188088 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3691] Brazil K000188072 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3767] Brazil K000188073 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G.; Santos, E.B.; Gois Neto, A. [1351] Brazil K000188091 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3444] Brazil K000188068 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3592] Brazil K000188071 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G.; Santos, E.B.; Gois Neto, A. [1351] Brazil K000188090 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3711] Brazil K000188683 Yes
Nov 1, 1992 Queiroz, L.P. [2877] Brazil K000188069 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Nunes, E.; Cavada, B.S. [s.n.] Brazil K000188099 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Nunes, E.; Cavada, B.S. [s.n.] Brazil K000188101 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Carvalho, A.M.; Santos, T.S.; Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G. [3981] Brazil K000188085 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Nunes, E.; Cavada, B.S. [s.n.] Brazil K000188100 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Nunes, E.; Cavada, B.S. [s.n.] Brazil K000188098 Yes
Oct 1, 1991 Agra, M.F. [1345] Brazil K000188103 Yes
Oct 1, 1991 Agra, M.F. [1345] Brazil K000188104 Yes
Jul 1, 1989 Carvalho, A.M. [2115] Brazil K000188058 Yes
Jul 1, 1989 Carvalho, A.M. [2115] Brazil K000188059 Yes
Nov 1, 1986 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [6620] Brazil K000188065 Yes
Aug 1, 1986 Carvalho, A.M.; Chautems, A.; Carvalho, G. [2112] Brazil K000188094 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Glocker, E.F.von [s.n.] Brazil K000188057 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Luschnath, B. [s.n.] Brazil K000188052 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000535268 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 s.coll. [92] Brazil K000892660 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Schomburgk [640] Guyana K000535269 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Martius, C.F.P. [s.n.] Brazil K000188107 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Pohl [s.n.] Brazil K000535266 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Luschnath, B. [835] Brazil K000188051 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Lhotsky [s.n.] Brazil K000535267 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Blanchet, J.S. [390] Brazil K000188055 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Weddell, H.A. [3405] Brazil K000892655 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Brazil K000188054 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Martius, C.F.P.von [1127] Brazil K000188053 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Blanchet, J.S., (Moricand, M.E.) [s.n.] Brazil K000188050 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Schomburgk [640] Guyana K000535270 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000188056 Yes
Aug 1, 1985 Almeida, E.F.; et al. [287] Brazil K000188095 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Froés, R.L. [20137] Brazil K000188096 Yes
Apr 1, 1984 Carvalho, A.M.; Barroso, G.M.; Bautista, H.P.; Lima, M.P.M.; Mattos Silva, L.A.; Peixoto, O.; Santos, A.V.P. [1965] Brazil K000188083 Yes
Jun 1, 1983 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [5820] Brazil K000188066 Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M. [717] Brazil K000188061 Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M. [717] Brazil K000188060 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Viégas, O. [s.n.] Brazil K000188097 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Anderson, W.R.; Stieber, M.; Kirkbride Jr, J.H. [36763] Brazil K000188063 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R.; Grear Jr, J.W. [14859] Brazil K000188064 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [4832] Brazil K000892650 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [58166] Brazil K000892658 Yes
Burchell [5257] Brazil K000892652 Yes
Ganev, W. [1179] Brazil K000014244 Yes
de Carvalho, A.M. [2112] Brazil K:SPC-55092.000 No
Araújo, J.S.; et al. [109] Brazil K000188080 Yes
Ganev, W. [2433] Brazil K000014246 Yes
Magalhães, M. [3319] Brazil K000892656 Yes
Ule, E. [7599] Brazil K000892657 Yes
Ganev, W. [2097] Brazil K000014245 Yes
Lima, H.C.; Faria, S.M.; Brito, H.S. [3982] Brazil K000188067 Yes
Mori, S.A.; Santos, T.S.; Thompson, C.B. [10939] Brazil K000188078 Yes
Fevereiro, V.P.B.; Mayo, S.J.; Silva, M.B.; Oliveira, A.G.P.; Flor, J. [M61] Brazil K000188106 Yes
Fevereiro, V.P.B.; Mayo, S.J.; Silva, M.B.; Oliveira, A.G.P.; Flor, J. [M61] Brazil K000188105 Yes
Moura, O.T. [663] Brazil K000188102 Yes
Vogel [s.n.] Brazil K000892659 Yes
de Carvalho, A.M. [2115] Brazil K:SPC-55089.000 No
Webster, L.; Dehgan, B. [25666] Brazil K000188092 Yes
de Carvalho, A.M. [2112] Brazil K:SPC-55090.000 No
Mattos Silva, L.A.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [2822] Brazil K000188079 Yes
Glaziou [11896] Brazil K000892653 Yes
Klitgaard, B.B.; Garcia, F.C.P. [67] Brazil K000188062 Yes
Schomburgk [297/561B] Guyana K000535271 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [895] Brazil K000892654 Yes
Ganev, W. [1848] Brazil K000014247 Yes
Passos, L.; Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B.; Saar, E. [5408] Brazil K000188686 Yes

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