Rubiaceae
Coccocypselum

Coccocypselum guianense (Aubl.) K.Schum.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(6): 315 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Mexico to Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Bestetti Costa, C. (2006). Revisão taxonômica de Coccocypselum P. Br. (Rubiaceae): 1-133. Ph.D. dissertation, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 2, 2002 Lasser, T. [1417] Venezuela K000173665 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Fothergill, J.M. [66] Brazil K000015034 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Harley, R.M.; Hind, D.J.N.; Simao, R. [25881] Brazil K000015023 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J. [27407] Brazil K000015036 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B.; Pirani, J.R.; Furlan, A. [27154] Brazil K000015038 Yes
Prance, G.T. [9993] Brazil K001136510 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [586] Guyana K:SPC-00861.000 No
Zappi, D. [323] Brazil K001136516 Yes
Kinloch, J.B. [74] Honduras K001491170 Yes
Wurdack, K.J. ; Redden, K.M. ; Alexander, S.N. ; Perry, C. ; Jacobis, C. [5378] Guyana K001553027 Yes
Berger, A. [1424] Costa Rica K001491168 Yes
Pires, M.J. [1695] Brazil K001136513 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [4411] Brazil K001136511 Yes
Prance, G.T. [9426] Brazil K001136512 Yes
Spruce, R. [3671] K000006524 No
Prance, G.T. [9882] Brazil K001136514 Yes
Prance, G.T. [9870] Brazil K001136509 Yes
Spruce, R. [3671] K000006525 No
Harrison, S.G.; Persaud, R. [1616] Guyana K:SPC-00862.000 No
Zappi, D. [322] Brazil K001136515 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R.; Castro, R. [10707] Brazil K001136517 Yes
Costa Rica K001491169 Yes
British Honduras K001491170 Yes
British Honduras K001491171 Yes
mexico, Am. Central K001491172 Yes
mexico, Am. Central K001491173 Yes
mexico, Am. Central K001491174 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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