Meliaceae
Guarea

Guarea glabra Vahl

First published in Eclog. Amer. 3: 8 (1807)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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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.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • 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.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Mota de Oliveira, S. & Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. (eds.) (2016). Flora of the Guianas, Series A 31: 1-169. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pennington, T.D. & Clarkson, J.J. (2013). revision of Guarea (Meliaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 70: 179-362.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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

  • 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.
  • Pennington, T.D. & Clarkson, J.J. (2013). revision of Guarea (Meliaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 70: 179-362.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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.
  • 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
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • 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/
  • 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, 1979 Eggers, H. [15602] K000380630 Type Yes
Salinas, N. [2262] Bolivia K005196159 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Veloz, L.; et al. [14001] Ecuador K005196149 Yes
Langlassé, E. [917] Mexico K000380574 Type Yes
Tipaz, G.; Zuleta, J.; Consuegra, L. [840] Ecuador K005196152 Yes
Cornejo, X.; Bonifaz, C. [4686] Ecuador K005196153 Yes
Eggers, H. [15718] Ecuador K005196143 Yes
Gentry, A.; Díaz, C. [73445] Peru K005196157 Yes
Schomburgk [779] Guyana K000380555 Type Yes
Schomburgk [779] K000380556 Unknown Type Material Yes
Groves-Raines, S.; Prescott, M. [89179] Bolivia K005196163 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [92069] Venezuela K005196138 Yes
Eggers [15602] Ecuador K000380631 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rivera, J. [215] El Salvador K001625578 No
Rodríguez, A.; Kriebel, R. [8060] Costa Rica K001609429 Yes
Acevedo R, P.; Daly, D.; Ríos, M. [1706] Ecuador K005196145 Yes
Marcano-Berti, L. [179] Venezuela K005196136 Yes
Eggers [15718] Ecuador K005196141 Yes
Groves-Raines, S.; Prescott, M. [179] Bolivia K:SPC-59897.000 No
Steyermark, J.A. [92074] Venezuela K005196137 Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-43609.000 No
Triana, J. [3359] Colombia K000380632 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cerón, C.E. [20298] Ecuador K005196146 Yes
Galan, P.; Rodriguez, D.; Villacorta, A.; Cabrera, R. [4468] El Salvador K001532131 No
Stergios, B. [11841] Venezuela K005196135 Yes
Grove-Raines; Cardiel, J.M. [89131] Bolivia K005196162 Yes
Tuerckheim, H., von [7835] Guatemala K000380566 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wurdack, J.J. [2127] Peru K005196156 Yes
Cardiel, J.M.; Groves-Raines, S. [106] Bolivia K:SPC-62844.000 No
Stergios, B.; Velazco, J. [14216] Venezuela K005196134 Yes
Cevallos, J.; Neill, D. [221] Ecuador K005196144 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Poveda, L.J. [10129] Costa Rica K:SPC-54178.000 No
Heyde; Lux [3276] Guatemala K000380567 Type Yes
Matuda, E. [2449] Mexico K000380577 Type Yes
Tonduz, A. [13112] Costa Rica K000380572 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Stoddart, A. [9680] Venezuela K005196139 Yes
Smith, H.H. [1698] Colombia K001343386 No
Carballal, I; Cardiel, J.M. [156] Bolivia K:SPC-57683.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Veloz, L.; et al. [14001] Ecuador K005196150 Yes
Donnell Smith, J. [2601] Guatemala K000380575 Unknown Type Material Yes
McPherson, G.; Richardson, P.M. [15912] Panama K005196133 Yes
Cardiel, J.M.; Grove-Raines, S. [89106] Bolivia K005196160 Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-43558.000 No
Vásquez, R.; Rojas, R.; Flores, S.; Campos, L. [26452] Peru K005196164 Yes
Tonduz, A. [13112] Costa Rica K000380570 Unknown Type Material Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-43566.000 No
s.coll. [199] Mexico K000380573 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jaramillo, J. [6589] Ecuador K005196155 Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-43564.000 No
Tonduz, A. [13112] Costa Rica K000380571 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stahl, B.; Cornejo, X. [s.n.] Ecuador K005196147 Yes
Meier, W.; Hernández, C.; Rivas, R.; Rivas, F. [16485] Peru K005196154 Yes
Tonduz, A. [13114] Costa Rica K000380569 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tonduz, A. [13114] Costa Rica K000380568 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gentry, A.; Díaz, C.; Jaramillo, N. [51564] Peru K005196158 Yes
Neill, D.; Alvarez, A.; Vargas, H.; Freire, E. [10897] Ecuador K005196142 Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-43571.000 No
Nee, M. [9424] Panama K005196131 Yes
Camp, W.H. [E-3680] Ecuador K005196148 Yes
Grove-Raines, S.; Prescott, M. [89179] Bolivia K005196161 Yes
Pennington, T. [10033] Mexico K:SPC-29047.329 No
Little, E.L. [6686] Ecuador K005196140 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Cárdenas, D. [4222] Colombia K001343385 Yes
Fagerlind, F.; Wibom, P.G. [s.n.] Ecuador K005196151 Yes
McPherson, G. [15912] Panama K005196132 Yes

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

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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

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