Family:
Olacaceae Juss. ex R.Br.
Genus:
Heisteria Jacq.

Heisteria nitida Engl.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Colombia to Peru and N. Brazil.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Guiana Shield, Pacific. Elevation range: 200–1000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Chocó, Meta, Putumayo.
Habit
Tree.

[CPLC]

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 200 - 1000 m.; Amazonia, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
Conservation
No Evaluada

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Heisteria nitida Engl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1996 Tessmann [4419], Peru K000580552 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [4148], Peru K000580551 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [4148], Peru K000580550 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [4148], Peru K000580548 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1996 Bang, M. [1407], Bolivia K000580553 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [4148], Peru K000580549 isotype Yes

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 18 (1872)

Accepted by

  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Not accepted by

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Heisteria ovata.]

Literature

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 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.

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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