Melastomataceae
Mouriri

Mouriri grandiflora DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 8 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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

  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Garrido, A.M., Cámara-Leret, R., Madriñán, S. (2014). Nombres y usos de las plantas identificadas por los indígenas cubeo de Colombia (Tesis de pregrado). Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Palacios, E.; Rodriguez, A. [057] Colombia K000567282 Yes
Mar 1, 2011 Barrier, S. [610] Peru K000566737 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Cid Ferreira, C.A. [6814] Brazil K000968679 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Pruski, J.; Campbell, D.G.; Williams, D.; Rosas, A.; Batista, E.; Santos, J.R. [3481] Brazil K000968680 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Austin, D.F.; Nauman, C.E.; Rabelo, B.V.; Rosário, C.; Santos, M.R. [7350] Brazil K000968682 Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Buck, W.R.; Nelson, B.W.; Almeida, F.; Mota, C.D.A.; Lima, J. [450] Brazil K000968681 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8666] Bolivia K000968689 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Videcki, E.R., Jr. [2286] K000968695 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D. [1758] Brazil K000968684 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [58820] Brazil K000968696 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Pires, J.M.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52477] Brazil K000968687 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Pires, J.M.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52574] Brazil K000968688 Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Fróes, R.L. [20397] Brazil K000968694 Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Cowan, R.S. [38551] Brazil K000968686 Yes
Cowan, R.S. [3855] Brazil K000968685 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8736] Brazil K000968693 Yes
Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.; Irvine, G.C. [51215] Brazil K000968697 Yes
Hostmann [868] Suriname K000329652 Type Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5986] Brazil K000968691 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5459] Brazil K000968699 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [48685] Brazil K000968698 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8412] Brazil K000968692 Yes
[Martius] [s.n.] Brazil K000329653 Isotype Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5459] Brazil K000968700 Yes
Spruce, R. [2682] Brazil K000968690 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Campbell, D.G.; Daly, D.C.; Maciel, U.; Silva, M.G.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, M.R. [P26528] Brazil K000968683 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0