Chrysobalanaceae
Couepia

Couepia ulei Pilg.

First published in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 47: 149 (1905)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

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

  • Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

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
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
  • 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
  • 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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Grández, C.; Tapullima, J. [1451] Peru K004343684 Yes
Grández, C.; Ruiz, J. [1122] Peru K004343671 Yes
Fundacion Biologica Puerti Rastrojo [3339] Colombia K004343662 Yes
Ruiz, J. [1164] Peru K004343683 Yes
Encarnación. F. [1254] Peru K001892464 No
Kvist, L.P.; Freitas A, L. [s.n.] Peru K004343682 Yes
Fernández, A.; Sanoja, E. [4963] Venezuela K004343674 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F. [20051] Ecuador K004343661 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Jaramillo, N. [11633] Peru K004343675 Yes
Grández, C.; Hudson, J. [4900] Peru K004343678 Yes
Kvist, L.P.; Freitas A, L. [s.n.] Peru K004343680 Yes
Flores, H. [s.n.] Peru K004343677 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Jaramillo, N.; Grández, C. [3696] Peru K004343669 Yes
Grández, C.; Jaramillo, N. [2026] Peru K004343663 Yes
Grandez, C.; Vasquez, R.; Jaramillo, N.; Alván, J. [370] Peru K004343676 Yes
Gentry, A.; Revilla, J.; Ruiz M, J.; Vasquez M, R. [21170] Peru K004343665 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Jaramillo, N. [6467] Peru K004343670 Yes
Ruiz, J. [1164] Peru K004343668 Yes
Kvist, L.P.; Freitas A, L. [s.n.] Peru K004343681 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; López, E. [17162] Peru K004343664 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [29203] Peru K004343666 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [29203] Peru K004343667 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; Lopez, E. [17162] Peru K004343679 Yes
Ruiz, J. [1512] Peru K004343673 Yes
Grández, C. [370] Peru K004343672 Yes
Ule, E. [5547] Brazil K000220981 Unknown Type Material 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

  • 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/

  • 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/
    • © 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 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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