Burseraceae
Protium

Protium stevensonii (Standl.) Daly

First published in Brittonia 71: 345 (2019)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. 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
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jimenez, Q.; Zúniga, R. [816] Costa Rica Tetragastris paraensis K002222147 Yes
Marshall, N.T.; Castillo Mont, J.J.; Marshall, E.W. [388] Guatemala Tetragastris paraensis K002222148 Yes
Englesing, F.C. [265] Nicaragua Tetragastris paraensis K002222153 Yes
Marshall, N.T.; Castillo Mont, J.J.; Marshall, E.W. [390] Guatemala Tetragastris paraensis K002222149 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [861] Belize Tetragastris paraensis K002222151 Yes
Thomsen, K. [511] Costa Rica Tetragastris paraensis K002222144 Yes
Englesing, F.C. [278] Nicaragua Tetragastris paraensis K002222152 Yes
Aguilar, R. [857] Costa Rica Tetragastris paraensis K002222143 Yes
Estrada, A.; Valverde, O.; Gutiérrez, L.; Gomez, H. [984] Costa Rica Tetragastris paraensis K002222146 Yes
Kernan, C. [1180] Costa Rica Tetragastris paraensis K002222145 Yes
Goodwin, Z.A.; George, S.; Mora, N.; Chan, I. [289] Belize Tetragastris paraensis K002222150 Yes
Jun 25, 2015 Edwards, K.S.; Davies, J.; Thompson, R. [516] Venezuela Tetragastris panamensis K000993232 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Henicka, G.S.; Piva, J.H. [1251] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K000579292 Yes
Aug 1, 1939 Hayes, S. [342] Panama Tetragastris panamensis K000530955 Type Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; Ceijas, E. [17087] Peru Tetragastris panamensis K:SPC-64718.000 No
Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F. [6943] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222344 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Leppard, M.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [22787] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222343 Yes
Palacious, W. [3019] Ecuador Tetragastris panamensis K002222427 Yes
Bruce, H.; Liesner, R. [2736] Venezuela Tetragastris panamensis K002222415 Yes
Silva, N.T. [1913] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222341 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [1927] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222332 Yes
Silva, A.S.; Berg, C.C.; Nelson, B.W.; Henderson, A.J.; Bahia, R.P.; dos Santos, M.R. [AS146] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222339 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Pires, J. [2325] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222356 Yes
de Souza, M.A.D.; da C. Pereira, E.; da Silva, C.F. [438] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222337 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [2137] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222360 Yes
s.coll. [F830] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222318 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Woolcott, D.B.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [16026] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222345 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; Ceijas, E. [17087] Peru Tetragastris panamensis K002222419 Yes
Wilson-Browne, S.J. [WB526] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222322 Yes
Conceição, M.A.; Pires, M.J. [133] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222354 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G. [1035] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222349 Yes
Pruski, J.; Campbell, D.; Williams, D.; Sette Silva, E.; Batista, E. [3382] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222346 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [2114] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222357 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [86537] Venezuela Tetragastris panamensis K002222406 Yes
de Souza, M.A.D.; Pereira, E.; da Silva, C.F. [431] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222336 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.; Pires, J. [2266] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222358 Yes
de Souza, M.A.D.; da Silva, C.F.; da Pereira, E.C. [432] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222335 Yes
Espinosa, A.; Luque, D.; Martin-Ballesteros, M.A.; Velayos, M. [MB696] Panama Tetragastris panamensis K002222413 Yes
Amaral, I.L.; Cid, C.A.; Plowman, T.C.; Davis, W.; Lima, J.; Guedes, J. [711] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222338 Yes
B.W. [4957] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222302 Yes
Bureau v. h. Boschwezen (B. W.) [4777] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222303 Yes
s.coll. [F1626] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222316 Yes
Sabatier, D.; Prevost, M.F. [2604] French Guiana Tetragastris panamensis K002222313 Yes
Grenand, P.; Fleury, M.; Moretti, C. [3330] French Guiana Tetragastris panamensis K002222308 Yes
Liesner, R.; Gonzalez, A.C. [5699] Venezuela Tetragastris panamensis K002222416 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Sette Silva, E.; Coelho, D.; Lima, J.; Bernadette [R5761] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222330 Yes
{Carlos E. Cerón M.; Palacios, W.A.} [3014] Ecuador Tetragastris panamensis K002222426 Yes
Pennington, R.T.; Rowe, E.C.; et al. [141] Bolivia Tetragastris panamensis K:SPC-53799.000 No
Barrier, S. [3867] French Guiana Tetragastris panamensis K002222310 Yes
Ribeiro, J.E.L.S.; Hopkins, M.J.G.; Assunçao, P.A.C.L.; Souza, S.S. [1200] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222333 Yes
Bruce, H.; Liesner, R. [2736] Venezuela Tetragastris panamensis K002222418 Yes
Aranda, J.; Araúz, B.; Cuadras, J.; Martin-Ballesteros, M.A. [MB1372] Panama Tetragastris panamensis K002222411 Yes
Conceição, M.A.; Pires, M.J. [134] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222353 Yes
[Rafael Leo Majin] [79RLM] Peru Tetragastris panamensis K000110689 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.; Pires, J. [2267] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222359 Yes
Balslev, H.; Berg, C.C.; Gavilanes, M.; Thygesen, A.; Christensen, D.E.; Ellemann, L.; Brucculeri, R. [97384] Ecuador Tetragastris panamensis K002222423 Yes
s.coll. [F264] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222325 Yes
Terceros, W. [1389] Bolivia Tetragastris panamensis K002222428 Yes
Balslev, H.; Berg, C.C.; Gavilanes, M.; Thygesen, A.; Christensen, D.E.; Ellemann, L.; Brucculeri, R. [97486] Ecuador Tetragastris panamensis K002222424 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.; Pires, J. [2282] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222350 Yes
Kukle, P. [165] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222331 Yes
Brant, A.E.; Escobar, O. [1225] Colombia Tetragastris panamensis K000110641 Yes
Assunçao, P.A.C.L.; Pereira, E.; da Silva, C.F.; Martins, L.H.P. [543] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222334 Yes
Bureau v. h. Boschwezen (B. W.) [3256] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222305 Yes
Davis, T.A.W. [s.n.] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222315 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [2079] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222361 Yes
[Makel] [s.n.] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222327 Yes
{Carlos Reynel. R.} [50] Peru Tetragastris panamensis K000110687 Yes
Bruce, H.; Liesner, R. [2736] Venezuela Tetragastris panamensis K002222414 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [4192] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222362 Yes
s.coll. [CAP90] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222317 Yes
Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Nazaré Pinheiro, A.; {C. da Silva Rosário, N. Alvas da Silva} [3238] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222340 Yes
Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L. [7022] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222351 Yes
Foster, R.B.; Beltrán, H. [13147] Peru Tetragastris panamensis K002222421 Yes
Conceição, M.A.; Pires, M.J. [50] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222355 Yes
Vigo, J.S. [4748] Peru Tetragastris panamensis K002222422 Yes
Pennington, R.T.; Harrison, G.J.; Monro, A.K.; Rowe, E.C. [141] Bolivia Tetragastris panamensis K002222407 Yes
B.W. [4931] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222307 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Videcki Jr., E.R. [2436] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222363 Yes
Keller, S.; Boeke, J.; Mori, S.; Boom, B. [14969] French Guiana Tetragastris panamensis K002222312 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; Arias Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L.; {C. Rosario, M. R. dos Santos} [1825] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222348 Yes
Espinosa, A.; Luque, D.; Martin-Ballesteros, M.A.; Velayos, M. [MB680] Panama Tetragastris panamensis K002222412 Yes
s.coll. [F2254] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222321 Yes
Castroviejo, S.; Cuadras, J.; Velayos, M. [7112MV] Panama Tetragastris panamensis K002222409 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222301 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Coelho, D.; Lima, J.; Filho, P.R. [R5685V] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222364 Yes
Neill, D.; Manning, S. [8005] Ecuador Tetragastris panamensis K002222425 Yes
Bureau v. h. Boschwezen (B. W.) [3256] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222304 Yes
Evans, R.; Koemar, S.; Ramlal, J.; Traag, D. [2430] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222328 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Haripersaud, P.P.; Muller, O.; Van der Zee, M. [6110] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222314 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Mori, S.A.; {M. R. dos Santos}; Cardoso, J.; Belo, H.P. [3748] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222347 Yes
B.W. [4957] Suriname Tetragastris panamensis K002222306 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222326 Yes
Wilson-Browne, S.J. [WB463] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222320 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [s.n.] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222319 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [1820] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222352 Yes
Espinosa, A.; Luque, D.; Martin-Ballesteros, M.A.; Velayos, M. [MB698] Panama Tetragastris panamensis K002222408 Yes
Majin, R.L. [77RLM] Peru Tetragastris panamensis K002222420 Yes
Davidse, G.; Gonzalez, A.C. [16311] Venezuela Tetragastris panamensis K002222417 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Harter, F.P.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Monteiro, O.P. [10512] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222342 Yes
s.coll. [D206] Guyana Tetragastris panamensis K002222324 Yes
Barrier, S. [5008] French Guiana Tetragastris panamensis K002222309 Yes
Archer, W.A. [7971] Brazil Tetragastris panamensis K002222329 Yes
Barrier, S. [5026] French Guiana Tetragastris panamensis K002222311 Yes
Allen, P.H. [3451] Panama Tetragastris panamensis K002222410 Yes
Wurdack, J.J.; Monachino, J.V. [39642] Venezuela Tetragastris panamensis K002222405 Yes

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