Apocynaceae
Ambelania

Ambelania acida Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 265 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. South America to N. & NE. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • García Castro, N. J. (2011). Plantas nativas empleadas en alimentación en Colombia. Instituo de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander von Humboldt. http://repository.humboldt.org.co/handle/20.500.11761/31275

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2014 Rodriguez, A.P.; Santos, J.L.; Guedes de Oliveira, J. [8294] Brazil K000662418 No
Jan 1, 1991 Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Ramos, J.; Batista, E.; Coelho, J.A. [9122] Brazil K000965458 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Amaral, I.L.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Guedes, J.; Lima, J. [121] Brazil K000965461 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Rabelo, B.V.; Solamon, N.; Souza, R. [2997] Brazil K000965460 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Bamps, P. [5324] Brazil K000965459 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Glaziou, A. [14078] Brazil K000965465 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Ducke [212] Brazil K000965469 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Silva, N.T. [1624] Brazil K000965467 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Archer, W.A. [8106] Brazil K000965466 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D. [1717] Brazil K000965468 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Fróes, R.L. [1956] Brazil K000965463 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Ule, E. [5177] Brazil K000965464 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 s.coll. [393] French Guiana K000587540 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2438] Brazil K000965474 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G.; Monteiro, O.P. [9532] Brazil K000965462 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Egler, W.A.; Irwin, H.S. [46545] Brazil K000965473 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.; Irvine, G.C. [50572] Brazil K000965476 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Forero, E.; Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [4628] Brazil K000965475 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Pires, J.M. [48899] Brazil K000965470 Yes
Harrison, S.G.; Persaud, R. [1147] Guyana K:SPC-07029.000 No
Rios-Data [9] Peru K001492821 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [20751] Brazil K000965471 Yes
Spruce, Richard Brazil K:SPC-66030.000 No
Pennington, R.T.; Johnson, I, [457] Guyana K:SPC-58302.000 No
Fróes, R.L. [20751] Brazil K000965472 Yes
Peru K000047784 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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