Caryocaraceae
Caryocar

Caryocar amygdaliforme G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 1: 654 (1831)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ecuador to N. Peru. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ecuador, Peru

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallnöfer, B. [11-51188] Peru K004302357 Yes
Wallnöfer, B. [11-211088] Peru K004302353 Yes
Grández, C. [1072] Peru K004302355 Yes
Vásquez, C.B. [s.n.] Peru K004302352 Yes
Wallnöfer, B. [11-51188] Peru K004302358 Yes
Bennett, B.C.; Andrade, P.G.; Freire, E.; Antich, J.C. [4136] Ecuador K004302360 Yes
Schunke V., J. [3979] Peru K004302362 Yes
Aronson, J.; Rodriges V, F. [802] Peru K004302356 Yes
Bennett, B.; Andrade, P.G. [3675] Ecuador K004302359 Yes
Schunke V., J. [4492] Peru K004302361 Yes
Klug, G. [3907] Peru K004302354 Yes
Alexiades, M.; Valega, R. [548] Peru K004302351 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • 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

  • 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