Meliaceae
Trichilia

Trichilia martiana C.DC.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 205 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to S. Tropical America, St. Vincent. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • 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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pennington, T.D. & Clarkson, J.J. (eds.) (2016). A revision of american Trichilia (Meliaceae). Phytotaxa 259: 1-162.
  • Pérez-Farrera, M.Á., Martínez-Camilo, R., Martínez-Meléndez, N., Farrera-Sarmiento, O. & Maza-Villalobos, S. (2012). Listado florístico del Cerro Quetzal (Polígono III) de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas, México. Botanical Sciences 90: 113-142.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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. (eds.) (2016). A revision of american Trichilia (Meliaceae). Phytotaxa 259: 1-162.
  • Pérez-Farrera, M.Á., Martínez-Camilo, R., Martínez-Meléndez, N., Farrera-Sarmiento, O. & Maza-Villalobos, S. (2012). Listado florístico del Cerro Quetzal (Polígono III) de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas, México. Botanical Sciences 90: 113-142.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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?
Haber, W.A.; Cruz, E. [10629] Costa Rica K005132522 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Veloz, L.; Zambrano, L.; Vega, P. [14991] Ecuador K004848882 Yes
Sobel, G.L.; Strudwick, J.; Anderson, A.B.; Silva, M.G.; Bakia, R.P.; Rosario, C. [4861] Brazil K004846542 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [1937] Brazil K004846544 Yes
Davidse, G. [24363] Costa Rica K005132531 Yes
Rabelo, B.V.; Henner, J.; de Rothschild, D.L.; Rosa, M. [3709] Brazil K004846534 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Galan, P. [4558] El Salvador K005132532 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Veloz, L. [13948] Ecuador K004848886 Yes
Diaz, J.; Way, M.; Castro, C.C. [15] Colombia K001589309 Yes
Glaziou, M. [8616] K004846532 Yes
Castillo, S. [(ISF00599)] El Salvador K005132545 Yes
Knudsen, J.T.; Stahl, B.; Roponen, S.; Øllgaard, B.; Manktelow, S.; Knudsen, A. [558b] Ecuador K004848879 Yes
Stevens, W.D.; Martínez S, E.; Droege, H.; Diaz, A.N. [25298] Guatemala K005132550 Yes
Molino, J.-F.; Sabatier, D. [2483] French Guiana K004846520 Yes
Galán, P.; Martinez, S.; Sánchez, R. [2782] El Salvador K005132534 Yes
Campbell, D.G.; Rabelo, B.; Mori, S.; Daly, D. [14259] Brazil K004846535 Yes
Aymard, G.; Cuello, N. [5580] Venezuela K004848874 Yes
de Lima, H.C.; et al. [4885] Brazil K004846541 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K005132555 Yes
Liesner, R.; Judziewicz, E. [14927] Costa Rica K005132530 Yes
Blanco, R. [8] Costa Rica K005132524 Yes
Luis Chacón, Q. [243] Venezuela K004848866 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Monterrosa, J.; Martínez, R.; Martinez, J. [1543] El Salvador K005132537 Yes
Pittier, H. [16395] Costa Rica K000380673 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Valencia, F. [4629] El Salvador K005132535 Yes
Smith, A.C. [2602] Guyana K004846521 Yes
Thomas, W.W.; Carvalho, A.; Mattos Silva, L.; dos Santos, T.S.; Jardim, J. [10438] Brazil K004846524 Yes
Smith, J.D. [s.n.] Guatemala K005132553 Yes
Huft, M.; Barringer, K.; Gómez-Laurito, J. [2109] Costa Rica K005132529 Yes
Little, E.L. [6381] Ecuador K004848887 Yes
Huashikat, V. [1832] Peru K004848888 Yes
Rosales, J.M. [265] El Salvador K005132543 Yes
Martínez, V.M. [614] El Salvador K005132547 Yes
Marcano-Berti, L. [s.n.] Venezuela K004848868 Yes
Donnell Smith, J. [2574] Guatemala K000380676 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Fucci, M. [7810] Venezuela K004848873 Yes
Sermeño, A. [197] El Salvador K005132546 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; de Lima, H.C. [12936] Brazil K004846540 Yes
Palacious, W.; Clark, J.; Jaramillo, N. [13547] Ecuador K004848885 Yes
Tonduz, A. [13959] Costa Rica K000380675 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oldeman [T-734] K004846526 Yes
Rabelo, B.V.; Cardoso, J. [2668] Brazil K004846547 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Fernandes, A.; Cardoso, J. [30394] Brazil K004846539 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K000382403 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] El Salvador K005132541 Yes
Galán, P.; Villacorta, A.; Campos, S.; Castillo, O. [4985] El Salvador K001925681 No
Rivera, J. [279] El Salvador K001925682 No
Chavarría, M.M. [847] Costa Rica K005132521 Yes
Haught, O. [4025] Colombia K001343432 Yes
Castillo Mont, J.J. [JCI382] Guatemala K005132551 Yes
Bernoulli; Cario [2922] Guatemala K005132548 Yes
Renderos, M.A. [495] El Salvador K005132540 Yes
Cid, C.A.; Lima, J.; Guedes, J.; Coelho, J. [4496] Brazil K004846525 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [3955] Venezuela K004848876 Yes
Callejas, R.; Churchill, S.; Acevedo, P.; Sastre de Jesus, I.; Castao, C.J. [2211] Colombia K001343433 Yes
Nee, M. [42783] Brazil K004846543 Yes
Bello, E. [882] Costa Rica K005132526 Yes
Smith, J.D. [s.n.] Guatemala K005132554 Yes
Dodson, C.; Gentry, A.; Palacios; Zaruma [14793] Ecuador K004848884 Yes
Bello, E. [882] Costa Rica K005132525 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [45522] Brazil K004846545 Yes
Thomas, W.W.; Kallunki, J.; Jardim, J. [11952] Brazil K004846538 Yes
Castillo Mont, J.J. [J1032] Guatemala K005132552 Yes
Martínez, V.M. [655] El Salvador K005132544 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [3092] Costa Rica K005132528 Yes
Hage, J.L. [2229] Brazil K004846537 Yes
Callejas, R.; Churchill, S.; Acevedo, P.; Sastre de Jesus, I.; Castao, C.J. [2210] Colombia K001343435 Yes
Meier, W. [11732] Venezuela K004848864 Yes
Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Nazaré Pinheiro, A.; Silva Rosário, C.; Alves da Silva, N. [3509] Brazil K004846531 Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-43567.000 No
Rodriguez, D.; Lopez, N. [5469] El Salvador K005132533 Yes
s.coll. [6139] K004846530 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; da Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L.; Rosario, C.; dos Santos, M.R. [1219] Brazil K004846533 Yes
Meier, W. [385] Venezuela K004848875 Yes
Mori, S.; Cardoso, R.; Souza, R. [17686] Brazil K004846548 Yes
Bello, E.; Méndez, C. [2658] Costa Rica K005132527 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K000382404 Unknown Type Material Yes
Marcano-Berti, L. [1089] Venezuela K004848869 Yes
Rosales, J.M. [1887] El Salvador K005132539 Yes
Sabatier, D.; Molino, J.-F. [5209] French Guiana K004846519 Yes
Thomas, W.W.; Viana, J.L.; Silva, F.O.; Pereira, L.A. [15598] Brazil K004846522 Yes
Herrera, G. [8432] Costa Rica K005132520 Yes
Clark, J.L.; Chatrou, L.; Maas, P.; Repetur, C. [3841] Ecuador K004848878 Yes
Campbell, D.G.; Rabelo, B.; Mori, S.; Daly, D. [14790] Brazil K004846529 Yes
Clark, J.L.; Dunn, R.; Núñez, T.; Robles, C. [4249] Ecuador K004848883 Yes
Taylor, E.L.; Lobo, M.G.; Rebbeck, T.; Rosa, N.A.; Silva, J.B.F.; Rosario, C.S. [E1130] Brazil K004846546 Yes
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K001343434 Yes
Tonduz, A. [10119] Costa Rica K000380674 Unknown Type Material Yes
Silva, N.T. [1682] K004846518 Yes
de Bruijn, J. [1326] Venezuela K004848877 Yes
Solomon, J. [19124] Costa Rica K005132523 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Kauffmann, K. [10228] Venezuela K004848867 Yes
Esteban M. Martínez S.; Tenorio L, P.; Droege, H.; Diaz, M. [22788] Guatemala K005132549 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Kauffman, K. [10228] Venezuela K004848870 Yes
Rosales, J.M. [2326] El Salvador K005132538 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; De Granville, J.J.; Hollenberg, L.; Joly, A.; Avril, C. [5907] Suriname K004846523 Yes
Ståhl, B.; Ehn, M.; Pettersson, S. [6590] Ecuador K004848880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Venezuela K004848871 Yes
Stahl, B. [6757] Ecuador K004848881 Yes
Heyde; Lux. [s.n.] Guatemala K000380677 Unknown Type Material Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Fernández, J.E. [99650] Venezuela K004848865 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Fucci, M. [7810] Venezuela K004848872 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Escolán, A. [4077] El Salvador K005132536 Yes
Stahel [365] K004846527 Yes
Araújo, D.S.D. [3433] Brazil K004846536 Yes
s.coll. [365] Suriname K004846528 Yes
Sandoval, M.; Sandoval, E. [(ISB00919)] El Salvador K005132542 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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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
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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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.
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