Fabaceae
Pterogyne

Pterogyne nitens Tul.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 20: 140 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil to N. Argentina. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Brazil North

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Kenya, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Espinar, L.A. (2013). Novedades nomenclaturales en "Tipos Grisebachianos". Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 48: 603-605.
  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • 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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Espinar, L.A. (2013). Novedades nomenclaturales en "Tipos Grisebachianos". Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 48: 603-605.
  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • 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.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Brenan, J. P. M. (1967). Caesalp. In: Flora Trop. East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Burkart, A. (1952). Acme Agency, Buenos Aires 569 pp Las Leguminosas Argentinas

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 12, 2002 Klitgaard, B.B.; Garcia, F.C.P. [81] Brazil K:SPC-70254.000 No
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, W.W.; Carvalho, A.M.; Jardim, J.G.; Barcelar, T. [11108] Brazil K000057380 No
Aug 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3568] Brazil K000057366 No
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3413] Brazil K000057364 No
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3453] Brazil K000057365 No
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3465] Brazil K000057363 No
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3411] Brazil K000057362 No
Oct 1, 1991 Pennington, R.T.; Brito, H.S. [244] Brazil K000057369 No
Oct 1, 1991 Pennington, R.T.; Brito, H.S. [244] Brazil K000057370 No
May 1, 1991 Santos, F.S.; Santos, L.B.E. [623] Brazil K000057371 No
Apr 1, 1991 Pereira, B.A.S.; Paula, J.E.; Alvarenga, D.; Gumiero, A. [1578] Brazil K000057383 Yes
Apr 1, 1991 Brochado, A.L. [258] Brazil K000057384 No
Sep 1, 1990 Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S.; Santos, E.B. [2269] Brazil K000057373 No
Jul 1, 1990 Santos, T.S. [2130] Brazil K000057374 No
Jul 17, 1986 Pastore, U.; Klein, R.M. [46] Brazil K000835215 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Lemos, R.P.L.; Esteves, G.L.; Andrade-Lima, D. [295] Brazil K000057367 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Gentry, A.; Zardini, E.M.; Fernandes, A. [50107] Brazil K000057378 Yes
Nov 1, 1984 Silva, S.B.; Viegas, R.A. [351] Brazil K000057382 No
Apr 1, 1984 Carvalho, A.M.; Silva, L.A.M.; Leuenberger, B. [1805] Brazil K000057372 No
Jul 1, 1981 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21387] Brazil K000057360 No
Jul 1, 1981 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21387] Brazil K000057361 No
Jan 1, 1981 Mori, S.; Boom, B.M.; Funch, H. [14433] Brazil K000057381 No
Oct 1, 1974 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R.S. [16498] Brazil K000057358 No
Oct 1, 1974 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R.S. [16498] Brazil K000057359 No
Jan 1, 1972 Anderson, W.R.; Stibier, M.; Kirkbride Jr, J.H. [36942] Brazil K000057379 No
Jun 19, 1967 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [5467] Brazil K000835207 Yes
Gardner, G. [1939] Brazil K000057355 Type Yes
Pereira, E. [9886] Brazil K000835202 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Guimarães, O. [21727] Brazil K000835201 Yes
Robert, A. [801] Brazil K000835197 Yes
Glaziou, A. [21026] Brazil K000835199 Yes
Glaziou, A. [4792] Brazil K000835205 Yes
Klitgaard, B.B.; Garcia, F.C.P. [81] Brazil K000057368 Yes
Silva, L.A.M.; Santos, T.S.; Santos, E.B. [2736] Brazil K000057375 No
Hartschbach, G. [19146] Brazil K000835200 Yes
Glaziou [10678] Brazil K000835203 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Andrade, S.M.M. [1901] Brazil K000057377 No
Lewis, G.P.; Mello Silva, R.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.; Furlan, A. [CFCR7399] Brazil K000057376 No
Lewis, G.P.; de Andrade, S.M.M. [1901] Brazil K:SPC-59379.000 No
Hoehne, W. [11425] Brazil K000835196 Yes
Lorentz [s.n.] Argentina K000555223 Type Yes
Santos, E.B.; Mayo, S. [258] Brazil K000835209 Yes
Macedo, A. [5591] Brazil K000835211 Yes
Glaziou, A. [12627] Brazil K000835206 Yes
Gardner, G. [1939] Brazil K000057357 Type Yes
Glaziou, A. [21026] Brazil K000835198 Yes
Glaziou, M. [8659] Brazil K000835204 Yes
Harley, R.; Woodgyer, E.; Giulietti, A.M. [2743] Brazil K000835208 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Figueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Silva, F.C. [5708] Brazil K000835213 Yes
Gardner, G. [1939] Brazil K000057356 Type Yes
Hatschbach, G. [23487] Brazil K000835214 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Zelma, F.J. [49234] Brazil K000835210 Yes

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