Annonaceae
Guatteria

Guatteria heteropetala Benth.

First published in London J. Bot. 2: 360 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Colombia to Brazil (Amazonas). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Maas, P.J.M., Westra, L.Y.T., Arias Guerrero, S., Lobão, A.Q., Scharf, U., Zamora, N.A. & Erkens, R.H.J. (2015). Confronting a morphological nightmare: revision of the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae). Blumea 50: 1-219.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325. [Cited as Heteropetalum brasiliense.]
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Heteropetalum brasiliense.]

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

  • Maas, P.J.M., Westra, L.Y.T., Arias Guerrero, S., Lobão, A.Q., Scharf, U., Zamora, N.A. & Erkens, R.H.J. (2015). Confronting a morphological nightmare: revision of the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae). Blumea 50: 1-219.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 28, 2008 Spruce, R. [3184] Venezuela K000486447 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 28, 2008 Spruce, R. [3184] Venezuela K000486448 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 28, 2008 Spruce, R. [3184] Venezuela K000486449 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 28, 2008 Berry, P.E.; Duno, R.; Romero, G. [5676] Venezuela K001502726 Yes
Aug 28, 2008 Schomburgk [950] Guyana K000486450 Holotype Yes
Aug 28, 2008 Schomburgk [950] Guyana K000486451 Type Yes
Venezuela K001502727 Yes
Venezuela K001502728 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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