Apocynaceae
Lacmellea

Lacmellea floribunda (Poepp.) Benth. & Hook.f.

First published in Gen. Pl. 2: 674 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.

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
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
  • 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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1991 Lleras, E.; Holley, C.; Monteiro, O.P. [P 19591] Brazil K000989199 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8460] Brazil K000989223 Yes
Sep 1, 1981 Schunke Vigo, J. [6654] Peru K001489112 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Prance, G.T.; Campbell, D.G.; Ongley, J.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [22221] Brazil K000989198 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2556] Brazil K000989218 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2252] Brazil K000989217 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [48028] Brazil K000989221 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [47858] Brazil K000989219 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [47579] Brazil K000989220 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Irvine, G.C. [51557] Brazil K000989196 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Silva, N.T., da [1499] Brazil K000989222 Yes
Kuhlmann, M.; Jimbo, S. [204] Brazil K000989195 Yes
Rosário, C.S.; Santos, M.R.; Nascimento, F.C. [915] Brazil K000989216 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [9476] Brazil K000989197 Yes
Guedes, M. [s.n.] Brazil K000691498 Syntype Yes
Ecuador K001489113 Yes
Peru K001489114 Yes
Peru K001489115 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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