Rubiaceae
Arachnothryx

Arachnothryx reflexa (Benth.) Planch.

First published in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: 442 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Venezuela to Ecuador. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Rondeletia reflexa.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Rondeletia reflexa.]

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 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.
  • 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?
Oct 21, 2010 Colombia K000174037 No
Oct 21, 2010 Colombia K000174037 No
Oct 21, 2010 Colombia K000174038 No
Oct 14, 2010 Colombia K000174517 No
Dec 5, 2003 Ecuador K000006495 No
Dec 5, 2003 Ecuador K000006496 No
Jun 15, 1940 Colombia K001439259 Yes
Jun 15, 1940 André, E [540], Colombia K001439260 Yes
Jun 15, 1940 Colombia K001439261 Yes
Venezuela K001439248 Yes
Colombia K001439258 Yes
Colombia K001439262 Yes
Colombia K001439263 Yes
Colombia K001439264 Yes
Colombia K001439265 Yes
Colombia K001439266 Yes
Venezuela K001439267 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Breteler, F.J. [4109] Venezuela Arachnothryx reflexa var. meridensis K001439256 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [4109], Venezuela Arachnothryx reflexa var. meridensis K001439256 Yes
Lehmann [5156] Colombia Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439255 Yes
Venezuela Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439246 Yes
Venezuela Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439247 Yes
Colombia Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439249 Yes
Colombia Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439250 Yes
Colombia Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439251 Yes
Colombia Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439252 Yes
Colombia Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439253 Yes
Colombia Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439254 Yes
Lehmann [5156], Colombia Arachnothryx reflexa var. inconstans K001439255 Yes
s.coll. [Schlim, L., ?] [s.n.] Colombia Rondeletia reflexa K000174037 Isotype Yes
Hartweg [1052] Colombia Rondeletia reflexa K000174038 Type Yes
Schlim, L. [80] Colombia Rondeletia reflexa K000174036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lehmann [8751] Colombia Rondeletia reflexa K000174040 Type Yes
Hartweg [1052] Colombia Rondeletia reflexa K000174517 Type Yes
Triana, J. [1779] Colombia Rondeletia reflexa K000174039 Type Yes
Schim, L. [1078] Colombia Rondeletia reflexa K000174035 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ownbey, M. [2690] Ecuador Arachnothryx reflexa var. trichotoma K001439257 Yes
Ownbey, M. [2690], Ecuador Arachnothryx reflexa var. trichotoma K001439257 Yes
Nov 27, 2008 Colombia Rondeletia orthoneura K000174039 No
Nov 27, 2008 Colombia Rondeletia orthoneura K000174039 No
Nov 27, 2008 Colombia Rondeletia orthoneura K000174039 No
Nov 27, 2008 Colombia Rondeletia orthoneura K000174039 No
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [5116] Ecuador Rondeletia trichotoma K000006495 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [5116] Ecuador Rondeletia trichotoma K000006496 Type 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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