Bonellia frutescens (Mill.) B.Ståhl & Källersjö
First published in Novon 14: 117 (2004)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to Venezuela. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.
Distribution
Native to:
Colombia, Venezuela
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Ruscus frutescens Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 8 (1768)
- Jacquinia frutescens (Mill.) B.Ståhl in Nordic J. Bot. 15: 507 (1995 publ. 1996)
- Jacquinia ruscifolia var. frutescens (Mill.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 151 (1844)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Jacquinia aciculata Mez in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 450 (1901)
- Jacquinia aristata Jacq. in Fragm. Bot.: 64 (1807)
- Jacquinia caracasana Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 251 (1819)
- Jacquinia geniculata Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 236a: 38 (1903)
- Jacquinia gracilis Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 236a: 39 (1903)
- Jacquinia ovalifolia Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 236a: 41 (1903)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
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
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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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
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0