Meliaceae
Cedrela

Cedrela montana Moritz ex Turcz.

First published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 415 (1858)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to NW. & N. Venezuela. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Pennington, T.D. & Muellner, A.N. (2010). A monograph of Cedrela (Meliaceae): 1-112. dh books, Milborne Port, England.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Carvajal, L., Ariza, W., Caro, L., Valero, N. (2014). Especies forestales representativas del Sur Oriente de Boyacá. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
  • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/
  • Linares, E. (1994). Inventario preliminar de las plantas utilizadas para elaborar artesanías en Colombia. Vniversitas Scientarium. Vol 2: 1-38

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
  • CITES (2021). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
  • Castro-Moreno, C. (2019). Línea base de especies en términos de su vocación de conservación y uso sostenible del departamento de Santander-Proyecto Santander BIO.
  • 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 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
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Triana, J.J. [3368] Colombia K000700294 Isotype Yes
Lehmannianae, F.C. [7572] Colombia K004846027 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [16808] Peru K004846069 Yes
Barclay, A.S.; Schultes, R.E.; Idrobo, J.M. [313] Colombia K004846030 Yes
Perea, J.; Francis, R.; Mateo, C.; Ortiz, G. [0901] Peru K004846056 Yes
Lehmannianae, F.C. [7572] Colombia K004846028 Yes
Bernadi [10960] Venezuela K004846031 Yes
H. van der Werff; Vásquez M, R. [22572] Peru K004846071 Yes
Quizhpe, W.; Medina, B.; Aguirre, C.; Prado, M. [1118] Ecuador K004846037 Yes
Mena, P. [C66] Ecuador K004846045 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17592] Peru K004846063 Yes
Zak, V. [1365] Ecuador K004846053 Yes
Neill, D.; Ceron, C. [8391] Ecuador K004846048 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; J.F. de la cruz [10521] Ecuador K004846052 Yes
Monteagudo, A.; Peña, A.; Mateo, J.; Chuck, L. [15101] Peru K004846058 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; Leon, J. [s.n.] Peru K004846065 Yes
Werner, F.A. [1617] Ecuador K004846039 Yes
Homeier, J. [2553] Ecuador K004846035 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17592] Peru K:SPC-65078.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17624] Peru K:SPC-76011.000 No
Nicolalde, F.; Post-Grado, G. [MO-QCNE449] Ecuador K004846042 Yes
Zak, V. [1219] Ecuador K004846047 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [18079(5089)] Peru K004846060 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Valenzuela, L. [36371] Peru K004846054 Yes
Barclay, A.S.; Schultes, R.E.; Idrobo, J.M. [313] Colombia K004846029 Yes
Suclli, E.; Farfan, J.; Chama, V.; Vizcardo, Y. [1319] Peru K004846074 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17592] Peru K004846070 Yes
Quizhpe, W.; Medina, B.; Aguirre, C.; Prado, M. [1158] Ecuador K004846036 Yes
Campos, J.; Núñez, S. [4588] Peru K004846067 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17623] Peru K:SPC-65077.000 No
Vásquez, R.; Valenzuela, L. [36371] Peru K004846055 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; Leon, J. [s.n.] Peru K004846073 Yes
Zak, V.; Jaramillo, J. [2048] Ecuador K004846044 Yes
Rubio, D.; Dodson; Hagsater; Revelo [446] Ecuador K004846033 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [158] Colombia K004846025 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [18079(5089)] Peru K004846062 Yes
Dawe [158] Colombia K004846026 Yes
Zak, V.; Jaramillo, J. [3462] Ecuador K004846046 Yes
Caranqui, J.; Melampy, M.; Lara, J. [449] Ecuador K004846041 Yes
Zak, V.; Jaramillo, J. [3386] Ecuador K004846040 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17624] Peru K004846064 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; J.F. de la cruz [10521] Ecuador K004846051 Yes
Succlli, E.; Carazas, F.; Astete, C.; Ortis, J. [907] Peru K004846066 Yes
Lamprecht, H. [s.n.] Venezuela K004846032 Yes
Díaz, C.; Fernández, S. [10166] Peru K004846057 Yes
Vargas, H.; Defas, W.; Becerra, B. [5534] Ecuador K004846038 Yes
Little, E.L. [6545] Ecuador K004846034 Yes
Palacious, W. [3049] Ecuador K004846049 Yes
Triana, J.J. [s.n.] Colombia K000700293 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17592] Peru K004846068 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A. [18079(5089)] Peru K004846061 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17623] Peru K004846059 Yes
Vargas, H.; Núñez, T.; Freire, E. [275] Ecuador K004846043 Yes
Palacious, W. [3049] Ecuador K004846050 Yes
van der Werff, H.; Váquez M, R. [22572] Peru K004846072 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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