Byrsonima altissima DC.
First published in Prodr. 1: 579 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. South America, N. & NE. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, French Guiana, Guyana
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Byrsonima aubletii Kosterm. in Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 25: 10 (1936), nom. illeg.
- Malpighia altissima Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane: 455 (1775), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Byrsonima altissima var. occidentalis Nied. in Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Königl. Lyceums Hosianum Braunsberg 1: 15 (1901)
- Byrsonima altissima var. orientalis Nied. in Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Königl. Lyceums Hosianum Braunsberg 1: 15 (1901)
- Byrsonima discolor Pilg. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 179 (1937)
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.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0