Rubiaceae
Ronabea

Ronabea latifolia Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 154 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad, Central & S. Tropical America. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (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.
  • 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.
  • Taylor, C.M. (2004). The neotropical genus Ronabea (Rubiaceae, Lasianthereae). Systematics and Geography of Plants 74: 35-42.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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 Ronabea erecta.]

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

  • 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.

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
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 15, 2011 de Granville, J.-J.; Boudrie, M.; Crozier, F. [17283] French Guiana K000174966 No
Jan 1, 2011 Fraga, C.N.; Forzza, R.C.; Labiak, P. [2254] Brazil K000771152 No
Jun 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Pedroga, J.A.; Corrêa, T.R.; Piva, J.H. [1241] Brazil K000447965 No
Valenzuela, L.; Pena, A.; Mateo, J.L. [12874] Peru K001513802 No
Nov 24, 1973 Spruce, R. [3359], Venezuela Psychotria erecta f. fluctuans K001430742 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 unknown [Spruce, R.] [3377] Venezuela Psychotria erecta f. fluctuans K000432852 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [3359] Venezuela Psychotria erecta f. fluctuans K001430743 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [3359] Venezuela Psychotria erecta f. fluctuans K001430741 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [3359] Venezuela Psychotria erecta f. fluctuans K001430742 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [3359], Venezuela Psychotria erecta f. fluctuans K001430741 Yes
Spruce, R. [3359], Venezuela Psychotria erecta f. fluctuans K001430743 Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Mattos Silva, L.A.; dos Santos, T.S. [1419] Brazil Psychotria erecta K000015556 No
Jan 1, 1965 Steyermark, J.A.; Agostini, G. [91335] Venezuela Psychotria erecta K001430740 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; dos Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18188] Brazil Psychotria erecta K000015555 No
Lister, J.R.A.; Colchester, M.E.M. [132] Venezuela Psychotria erecta K001430738 Yes
Venezuela Psychotria erecta K001430737 Yes
Lister, J.R.A.; Colchester, M.E.M. [132], Venezuela Psychotria erecta K001430738 Yes
Venezuela Psychotria erecta K001430739 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Agostini, G. [91335], Venezuela Psychotria erecta K001430740 Yes

Sources

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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    • '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

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    • 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

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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