Loganiaceae
Strychnos

Strychnos guianensis (Aubl.) Mart.

First published in Syst. Mat. Med. Bras.: 121 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica, S. Tropical America. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (eds.) (2007). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, volumen VI, Dicotyledóneas (Haloragaceae-Phytolaccaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 111: 1-933. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.

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

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (eds.) (2007). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, volumen VI, Dicotyledóneas (Haloragaceae-Phytolaccaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 111: 1-933. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.

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
  • 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 (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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 2, 1986 Cid Ferreira, C.A. [7142] Brazil K001062707 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Teixeira, L.O.A.; Fife, A.J.; McFarland, K.; Mota, C.D.A.; Santos, J.L.; Gomes, S.P.; Nelson, B.W. [638] Brazil K001062671 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Mori, S.A.; Rabelo, B.V.; Cardoso, J. [17494] Brazil K001062665 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Silva, M.F.F., da; Taylor, E.; Rosa, N.A.; Silva, J.B.F., da; Oliveira, J.; Rosário, C.S.; Santos, M.R. [1004] Brazil K001062668 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Berg, C.C.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Lima, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [Pl8402] Brazil K001062669 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Anderson, W.R.; Fonsêca, S.G.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [11038] Brazil K001062666 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Prance, G.T.; Fidalgo, O.; Nelson, B.W.; Ramos, J.F. [21618] Brazil K001062672 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Fróes, R.L. [22905] Brazil K001062683 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Lima, J.F.; Maas, P.J.M.; Kubitzki, K. [P12743] Brazil K001062670 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5933] Brazil K001062675 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8810] Brazil K001062676 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001062701 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Glaziou, A.F.M. [14095] Brazil K001062684 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 s.coll. [2375 (?=2084 fl.)] Brazil K000573479 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Pires, J.M. [48564] French Guiana K001062681 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001062691 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Kuhlmann, J.G. [s.n.] Brazil K001062689 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 s.coll. [3797] Brazil K001062682 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Ule, E. [5925] Brazil K001062679 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 s.coll. [2084] Brazil K000573480 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001062700 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Fróes, R.L. [21292] Brazil K001062709 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Spruce, R. [2375] Brazil K001062674 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Forero, E.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [4728] Brazil K001062678 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Glaziou, A.F.M. [9944] Brazil K001062714 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Irwin, H.S.; Egler, W.A.; Pires, J.M. [47197] Brazil K001062712 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Irvine, G.C. [51249] Brazil K001062710 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Tillett, S.S.; Boyan, R.; Tillett, C.L. [45262] Guyana K001062711 Yes
Jan 1, 1946 Glaziou, A.F.M. [19645] Brazil K000573478 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1946 Trail, J.W.H. [536] Brazil K001062680 Yes
Kuhlmann, J.G. [s.n.] Brazil K001062697 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Zarucchi, J.L.; Hill, S.R.; Todzia, C.A.; Nelson, B.W.; Santos, J.L.; Oliveira, J.G. [4169] Brazil K001062667 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8884] Brazil K001062704 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21327] Brazil K001062685 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21291] Brazil K001062708 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [20628] Brazil K001062715 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21526] Brazil K001062688 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [6026] Brazil K001062703 Yes
Ducke, A. [10839] Brazil K001062699 Yes
Kuhlmann, J.G. [s.n.] Brazil K001062698 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21092] Brazil K001062705 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21291] Brazil K001062706 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21361] Brazil K001062686 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001062695 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21327] Brazil K001062687 Yes
Ducke, A. [8400] Brazil K001062692 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [20904] Brazil K001062717 Yes
Ducke, A. [1926] Brazil K001062677 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21031] Brazil K001062713 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001062693 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [20628] Brazil K001062716 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001062694 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5568] Brazil K001062696 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7787] Brazil K001062702 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [9053] Brazil K001062673 Yes
Kuhlmann, J.G. [s.n.] Brazil K001062690 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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • 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