Polygalaceae
Securidaca

Securidaca sylvestris Schltdl.

First published in Linnaea 14: 381 (1840)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Mexico to Central America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 20, 2006 Morales, J.F.; Dauphin, G. [9750] Costa Rica K001905120 Yes
Feb 6, 2006 Alfaro, E.; Lopez, I.; Chaves, J.L. [2683] Costa Rica K001635296 Yes
Apr 1, 1994 MACQUEEN, D.J.; Styles, B.T.; Nileshwar, A. [74] Nicaragua K000012698 No
Apr 1, 1994 MACQUEEN, D.J.; Styles, B.T.; Nileshwar, A. [74] Nicaragua K000012699 No
Oct 1, 1993 Moraga, C. [380] Costa Rica K000012680 No
Jan 1, 1983 Martínez S., E.M.; Jesus, B.M. [3381] Mexico K000012684 No
Araya, E. [20] Costa Rica K001572948 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [1194] Belize K000012675 No
Purpus, C.A. [10980] Mexico K000012696 No
Palmer, E. [313] Mexico K000012697 No
Hinton, G.B. [3435] Mexico K000012688 No
Galeotti, H.G. [344] Mexico K000012690 No
Friedrichsthal [s.n.] Guatemala K000012681 No
Pringle, C.G. [8184] Mexico K000012691 No
Tonduz, A. [s.n.] Costa Rica K000012678 No
Campbell, E.J.F. [s.n.] Honduras K000012674 No
Hinton, G.B. [3175] Mexico K000012694 No
Solieve [s.n.] Mexico K000012692 No
Skutch, A.F. [4254] Costa Rica K000012679 No
Gaumer, G.F. [554] Mexico K000012693 No
Langlassé, E. [979] Mexico K000012685 No
Palmer, E. [566] Mexico K000012686 No
Tonduz, A. [s.n.] Costa Rica K000012677 No
Hinton, G.B. [7789] Mexico K000012695 No
Gentle, P.H. [1194] Belize K000012676 No
Langlassé, E. [14] Mexico K000012687 No
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] Mexico K000012689 No
Edwards, J.B. [573] Honduras K000012673 No
Heyde; Lux [6319] Guatemala K000012682 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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.
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images