Chrysobalanaceae
Hirtella

Hirtella americana L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 34 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Mexico to Ecuador, Cuba to Hispaniola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as animal food and for revegetation and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, 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.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.

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 of Boyacá Project

  • Cruz, M. P., Estupiñán, A. C., Jiménez-Escobar, N. D., Sánchez, N., Galeano, G., & Linares, E. (2009). Etnobotánica de la región tropical del Cesar, Complejo Ciénaga de Zapatosa. Colombia, Diversidad Biótica VIII: media y baja montaña de la serranía de Perijá. Pag, 417-447.
  • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/
  • Romero Castañeda, R. (1961). Plantas útiles de Colombia. Volumen I. San Juan Eudes, Bogotá.

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
  • 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
  • García Castro, N. J. (2011). Plantas nativas empleadas en alimentación en Colombia. Instituo de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander von Humboldt. http://repository.humboldt.org.co/handle/20.500.11761/31275
  • 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
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2008 Homeier, J.; Chinchero, M.A. [2091] Ecuador K000396808 Yes
Dec 1, 2008 Homeier, J.; Chinchero, M.A., et al. [3033] Ecuador K000396815 Yes
s.coll. [BT1100] Colombia K004432963 Yes
Sandino, J.C. [4746] Nicaragua K004431836 No
Zamora, N.; Morales, J.F. [2247] Costa Rica K004431847 No
[Linder] [1638] Colombia K004432966 Yes
Thomsen, K. [1188] Costa Rica K004431852 No
Moreno, P.P. [23994] Nicaragua K004431840 No
Seemann [544] Panama K004432960 Yes
Wallnöfer, B.; Tut-Tesucun, F.M. [5842] Guatemala K004431843 No
Zamora, N.; Jiménez, Q.; González, O.; Gamboa, O. [1489] Costa Rica K004431854 No
Martínez, K.; Martínez, J.P. [307] Costa Rica K004431850 No
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K004432964 Yes
Espinoza, R. [278] Costa Rica K004431851 No
Skutch, A.F. [3948] Costa Rica K004431848 No
Ucan, E.; Calzada, J.I.; Chan, C. [3422] Mexico K004431828 No
Holst, B.K. [4237] Belize K004431830 No
Hayes, S. [646] Panama K004432958 Yes
López, R.; Pabon, A. [1043] Colombia K004432961 Yes
Aguilar, D.S.; Aguilar, R. [9367] Costa Rica K001560190 Yes
Davidse, G.; Zúniga, R.; House, P. [34444] Honduras K004431834 No
Linden, J.J. [898] Colombia K004432968 Yes
Robleto, W. [641] Nicaragua K004431837 No
Hazlett, D.L.; Brant, A.E.; Zúniga, R. [8024] Honduras K004431832 No
Quizhpe, W.; Wisum, A. [2356] Ecuador K004432972 Yes
Aguilar, M.H. [329] Guatemala K004431846 No
Moreno, P.P. [24060] Nicaragua K004431839 No
Seemann [544] Panama K004432959 Yes
Nelson, C.; Cruz, G. [9294] Honduras K004431835 No
Davidse, G.; Holst, B.K.; Whittemore, A. [35585] Belize K004431831 No
Carnevali, G.; Tapia, J.L.; May, F.; Gómez, M.; Herrera, R.; Hernández, J. [5526] Mexico K004431827 No
Bartlett, H.H. [12741] Guatemala K004431845 No
Skutch, A.F. [4130] Costa Rica K004431844 No
Callejas, R.; Marulanda, O. [5896] Colombia K004432965 Yes
Moreno, P.P. [23567] Nicaragua K004431838 No
Calónico S, J.; Alvarez, D.; Martinez S., E. [23084] Mexico K004431829 No
Bernardi, A.L. [1080] Venezuela K004432971 Yes
Cuello, N.; Henriquez, A.; Cuello, E. [1752] Venezuela K004432969 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Bunting, G.; Blanco, C. [102011] Venezuela K004432970 Yes
Ortiz, F. [1974] Nicaragua K004431841 No
Moreno, P.P. [16078B] Nicaragua K004431842 No
Davidse, G.; Zúniga, R.; House, P. [34444] Honduras K004431833 No
Sprague, T.A. [157] Colombia K004432962 Yes
Zamora, N.; Jiménez, Q.; González, O.; Gamboa, O. [1489] Costa Rica K004431853 No
Smith, H.H. [s.n.] Colombia K004432967 Yes
Herrera, G.; Rivera, G. [7024] Costa Rica K004431849 No
Hammel, B. [17297] Costa Rica K004431855 No

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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