Annonaceae
Xylopia

Xylopia nitida Dunal

First published in Monogr. Anonac.: 122 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

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

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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
  • Castro-Moreno, C. (2019). Línea base de especies en términos de su vocación de conservación y uso sostenible del departamento de Santander-Proyecto Santander BIO.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • 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
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • 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?
Jul 1, 2013 Pereira-Silva, G.; Amaral-Santos, A; Castro, A.C.R.; dos Santos, A.J.B.; Moreira, G.A.; de Alencar Moreira, J.R.; de Medeiros, M.B. [15543] Brazil K001573761 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Vásquez, R.; et al. [18361A] Peru K001501825 Yes
Nov 1, 2007 Henicka, G.S.; Nascimento, J.; Pilger, J.M.; Taques, A.C.; Piva, J.H. [91] Brazil K000447382 Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Soares, C.R.A.; Viana, A.; Della Colleta, R.F.L.; Piva, J.H. [75] Brazil K000447383 Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Pedroga, J.A.; Corrêa, T.R.; Piva, J.H. [1294] Brazil K000447381 Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Camargo, A.C.; Rosa, S.A.; Piva, J.H. [1151] Brazil K000447386 Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Pedroga, J.A.; Corrêa, T.R.; Piva, J.H. [1270] Brazil K000447380 Yes
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Soares, C.R.A.; Viana, A.; Della Colleta, R.F.L.; Piva, J.H. [79] Brazil K000447384 Yes
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Soares, C.R.A.; Viana, A.; Della Colleta, R.F.L.; Piva, J.H. [78] Brazil K000447385 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Martin [240] French Guiana K000221079 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Sandwith, N.Y. [543] Guyana K000221076 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Sandwith, N.Y. [543] Guyana K000221077 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Sandwith, N.Y. [543] Guyana K000221078 Type Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A. [1230] Brazil K001186055 Yes
Sothers, C.A. [676] Brazil K001186058 Yes
Bernardi, A.I. [7163] Venezuela K001501828 Yes
Assunção, P.A.C.L. [555] Brazil K001186062 Yes
Assunção, P.A.C.L. [729] Brazil K001186059 Yes
Thomas, W. [3813] Brazil K001186054 Yes
Nascimento, J.R. [737] Brazil K001186060 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2029] Brazil K001186053 Yes
Berg, C.C. [s.n.] Brazil K001186056 Yes
Nascimento, J.R. [737] Brazil K001186061 Yes
Assunção, P.A.C.L. [435] Brazil K001186063 Yes
Prance, G.T. [30199] Brazil K001186057 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001501826 No
Peru, Venezuela K001501827 No
Peru, Venezuela K001501828 No
Peru, Venezuela K001501829 No
Ecuador K001501830 No
Krukoff, B.A. [8715] Brazil Xylopia nitida var. nervosa K000221080 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

  • 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/

  • 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

  • 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