Chrysobalanaceae
Couepia

Couepia chrysocalyx (Poepp.) Benth. ex Hook.f.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 42 (1867)
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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • 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
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1965 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Peru K000006111 No
Vásquez, R.; Rojas, R.; Peña, A.; Chávez, E.; Quiaco, E. [22066] Peru K004343636 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Ampam, D.; Quiaco, E.; Ampam, A.; Dupis, C. [24364] Peru K004343635 Yes
Biset, J.S.; José Campos de la Cruz [Jsb-379] Peru K004343652 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Jaramillo, N. [11701] Peru K004343640 Yes
Gentry, A.; Vásquez, R. [42319] Peru K004343639 Yes
Ruiz, J. [1497] Peru K004343653 Yes
Spruce, R. [4614] Peru K000006110 No
Woytkowski, F. [59] Peru K004343648 Yes
Ruíz, J.C. [1497] Peru K004343641 Yes
Aronson, J. [685] Peru K004343637 Yes
Rojas, R.; Peña, A.; Chávez, E. [0123] Peru K004343654 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Jaramillo, N. [12839] Peru K004343642 Yes
Spruce, R. [4614] Peru K000006109 No
Pariona, W.; Ruiz, J. [968] Peru K004343643 Yes
Ayala, F.; Vásquez, R.; Torres, J.; Calderón, G. [2490] Peru K004343656 Yes
Aronson, J.; Berry, P. [670] Peru K004343638 Yes
Biset, J.S. [Jsb-240] Peru K004343647 Yes
Spruce [4614] Peru K004343655 Yes
Lewis, W.H.; Elvin-Lewis, M.; Fast W, D.; Campos, J.R. [13331] Peru K004343644 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; López, E. [17144] Peru K004343651 Yes
Graham, J.G. [2530] Peru K004343646 Yes
Lewis, W.H.; Elvin-Lewis, M.; Gnerre, M.C. [10282] Peru K004343650 Yes
Díaz, C.; Peña, A.; Tiwi, R.; Shuwin, D. [8197] Peru K004343649 Yes
Klug, G. [2656] Peru K004343657 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; López, E. [17144] Peru K004343645 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/

  • 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

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

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