Rubiaceae
Palicourea

Palicourea crocea (Sw.) Schult.

First published in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 193 (1819)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

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.
  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. (2006 publ. 2007). A synopsis of the Rubiaceae of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to genera, and a preliminary species list. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 3: 13-96.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  • Williams, R.O. & Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1928). Rubiales. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(1): 1-48. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • de Socorro Pereira, M. & de Vasconcellos Barbosa, M.R. (2006). A família Rubiaceae na reserva biológica Guaribas, Paraíba, Brasil. Subfamília Rubioideae. Acta Botanica Brasilica 20: 455-470.

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

  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

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.
  • 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/
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • 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?
Jan 1, 2000 Tye, A. [T15] Colombia K001432828 Yes
Mar 1, 1997 Dubs, B. [1902] Brazil K001200814 Yes
Gillespie, L.J.; Kelloff, C.L.; Tiwari, S. [2594] Guyana K001636989 No
Buzato, S.; Sazima, M. [26814] Brazil K001200807 Yes
Harley, R.M. [s.n.] Brazil K001200821 Yes
Lemos, M.J.S., et al. [111] Brazil K000265098 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Amaral, I.L.; Revilla, J. [29938] Brazil K001200803 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R.; Ferreira, A. [10439] Brazil K001200812 Yes
Eiten, G. [9101] Brazil K001200824 Yes
s.coll. [845] Brazil K001200792 Yes
Thomas, W. [4625] Brazil K001200813 Yes
Prance, G.T. [28781] Brazil K001200800 Yes
Pipoly, J.; Samuels, G.; Oliveira, J.G. [6613] Brazil K001200805 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001200787 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [6847] Brazil K001200809 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8045] Brazil K001200774 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [12489] Brazil K001200816 Yes
Pipoly, J.; Samuels, G.; Oliveira, J.G. [6898] Brazil K001200804 Yes
Harley, R.M. [10692] Brazil K001200811 Yes
Sello [774] Brazil K001200796 Yes
Bancroft, N.D. [5] Montserrat K:SPC-65342.000 No
Ratter, J.A. [5835] Brazil K001200780 Yes
Sampaio, A.B. [111] Brazil K001200828 Yes
Stannard, B.L. [642] Brazil K001200778 Yes
Stannard, B.L.; Arrais, M.G.M. [642] Brazil K001200779 Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [79] Brazil K001200797 Yes
Harley, R. [2660] Brazil K001200822 Yes
Delprete, P.G.; Silva, L.F. [9159] Brazil K001200819 Yes
Souza, D.C. [10] Brazil K001200798 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G. [700] Brazil K001200781 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [48788] Brazil K001200790 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5609] Brazil K001200825 Yes
Rodrigues, W.A. [10537] Brazil K001200786 Yes
Hoehne, F.C. [224] Brazil K001200777 Yes
Amaral, I.L. [202] Brazil K001200784 Yes
Thomas, W.; Cid, C.A.; Guedes, J.; Ramos, J. [4323] Brazil K001200815 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [1541] Brazil K001200782 Yes
Spruce, R. [300] Brazil K001200788 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [12489] Brazil K001200820 Yes
Plowman, T. [12353] Brazil K001200802 Yes
Cid, C.A.; Lima, J. [3265] Brazil K001200801 Yes
Plowman, T. [12085] Brazil K001200806 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [241] Brazil K001200776 Yes
Onishi, E. [226] Brazil K001200818 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10138] Brazil K001200817 Yes
Meyer, T. [16067] Paraguay K001200799 Yes
Woodgyer, E.M. [s.n.] Brazil K001200823 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [5492] Brazil K001200783 Yes
Prance, G.T. [59457] Brazil K001200785 Yes
Lima, J. [761] Brazil K001200772 Yes
Pohl [845] Brazil K001200793 Yes
Mello-Silva, R., et al. [2838] Brazil K000265099 Yes
Mello-Silva, R., et al. [2838] Brazil K000265100 Yes
unknown [8739] Brazil K000471465 Isotype Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001200791 Yes
Graham [s.n.] Brazil K001200770 Yes
Prance, G.T. [10703] Brazil K001200775 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14247] Brazil K001200827 Yes
Pohl [840] Brazil K001200795 Yes
Burchell [6339] Brazil K001200794 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R.; R.Castro; Ferreira, A. [10967] Brazil K001200810 Yes
Buzato, S.; Sazima, M. [s.n.] Brazil K001200808 Yes
Ule, E. [7834] Brazil K001200789 Yes
Prance, G.T. [8071] Brazil K001200826 Yes
Usteri, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001200771 Yes
Lima, J. [763] Brazil K001200773 Yes
Colombia K001432827 Yes
Tye, A. [T15], Colombia K001432828 Yes
Colombia K001432829 Yes
Colombia K001432830 Yes
Colombia K001432831 Yes
Colombia K001432832 Yes
Colombia K001432833 Yes
Peru K001432834 Yes
Peru K001432835 Yes
Peru K001432836 Yes
Peru K001432837 Yes
Peru K001432838 Yes
Peru K001432839 Yes
Colombia K001432840 Yes
Colombia K001432841 Yes
Colombia K001432842 Yes
Peru K001432843 Yes
Venezuela K001433555 Yes
Venezuela K001433556 Yes
Venezuela K001433557 Yes
Venezuela K001433558 Yes
Venezuela K001433559 Yes
Venezuela K001433560 Yes
Ecuador K001433749 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Pruski, J.; Huber, O. [3686] Venezuela Psychotria coccinea K001430746 Yes
Mar 22, 1966 Pruski, J.; Huber, O. [3686], Venezuela Psychotria coccinea K001430746 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • 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