Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.
First published in Prodr. 1: 580 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida to Caribbean. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Malpighia lucida Mill. in Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: n.° 9 (1768)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Byrsonima luacesii Acuña & Roíg in Revista Soc. Cub. Bot. 10: 59 (1953)
- Byrsonima portoricensis A.Stahl in Estud. Fl. Puerto-Rico 2: 143 (1884)
- Malpighia lanceolata Müll.Berol. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 7: 467 (1869), nom. illeg.
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.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- González Gutiérrez, P.A. & Meyer, K. (2019). Flora de la republica de Cuba : Serie A, Plantas vasculares 24: 1-251.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
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.
- Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2006 | Hamilton, M.A. [532], Turks and Caicos Is. | 76525.000 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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