Family:
Bignoniaceae Juss.
Genus:
Handroanthus Mattos

Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S.O.Grose

This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Peru and Trinidad-Tobago. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Native and cultivated in Colombia.
Conservation
Least concern.
Ecology
Alt. 5 - 2300 m.
Morphology General Habit
Tree.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 5–2300 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Small tree, Tree.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), inland rocky areas, artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Abejón, Araguaney, Cañaguate, Chicalá, Coninae (Sikuani), Floramarillo, Guayacán, Guayacán amarillo, Guayacán polvillo, Kawinanae (Sikuani)

[CPLC]

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

Distribution
Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 5 - 2300 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Arbolito, árbol
Conservation
Preocupación Menor

[UPB]
Use Materials
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).

[UPFC]
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S.O.Grose appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Krukoff, B.A. [5793], Brazil K000902984 Yes
Pires, J.M. [48829], Brazil K000902986 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8029], Brazil K000902985 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Smith [1652], St.Vincent Tabebuia chrysantha K000449893 Yes
Jan 1, 1878 Palmer, E. Dr. [419], Mexico Tabebuia chrysantha K000449873 Yes
Jan 1, 1878 Palmer, E. Dr. [419], Mexico Tabebuia chrysantha K000449872 Yes
Mart. M. [3110], Guatemala Tabebuia chrysantha K000449871 Yes

First published in Syst. Bot. 32: 664 (2007)

Accepted by

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Grose, S.O. & Olmstead, R.G. (2007). Taxonomic revisions in the polyphyletic genus Tabebuia s. l. (Bignoniaceae) Systematic Botany 32: 660-670.

Literature

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 of Boyacá Project

  • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L Englera 29-1: 1-438.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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