Apocynaceae
Vallesia

Vallesia glabra (Cav.) Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 207 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico, S. Colombia to N. Argentina. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Belgrano, M.J. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2021). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(2): 1-466. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

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

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Belgrano, M.J. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2021). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(2): 1-466. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

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
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • 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.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cuatrecases, J.; Patino, V.M. [27359] Colombia K001487837 Yes
Torrey [s.n.] United States K001487856 Yes
Milliken, W.; Laws, S.; Calderon, L.C. [4016] Bolivia K000326757 No
Darwin, C. [s.n.] Ecuador K000648970 No
Cuatrecases, J.; Patino, V.M. [27359] Colombia K001487836 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) K000326756 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) K000326757 Yes
Colombia K001487838 Yes
Colombia K001487839 Yes
Ecuador K001487840 Yes
Ecuador K001487841 Yes
Ecuador K001487842 Yes
Ecuador K001487843 Yes
Ecuador K001487844 Yes
Ecuador K001487845 Yes
Ecuador K001487846 Yes
Galapagos K001487847 Yes
Galapagos K001487848 Yes
Galapagos K001487849 Yes
Galapagos K001487850 Yes
Galapagos K001487851 Yes
Galapagos K001487852 Yes
Galapagos K001487853 Yes
Galapagos K001487854 Yes
Galapagos K001487855 Yes
Galapagos K001487856 Yes
Galapagos K001487857 Yes
Galapagos K001487858 Yes
Galapagos K001487859 Yes
Galapagos K001487860 Yes
Galapagos K001487861 Yes
Galapagos K001487862 Yes
Galapagos K001487863 Yes
Galapagos K001487864 Yes
Galapagos K001487865 Yes
Galapagos K001487866 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) K001487867 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) K001487868 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) K001487869 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) K001487870 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) K001487871 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) K001487872 Yes
Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Tarija) K001487873 Yes
Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Tarija) K001487874 Yes
Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Tarija) K001487875 Yes
Peru K001487876 Yes
Peru K001487877 Yes
Peru K001487878 Yes
Peru K001487879 Yes
Peru K001487880 Yes
Peru K001487881 Yes
Peru K001487882 Yes
Peru K001487883 Yes
Peru K001487884 Yes
Peru K001487885 Yes
W.T.S. Am. K001487886 Yes
W.T.S. Am. K001487887 Yes
W.T.S. Am. K001487888 Yes
W.T.S. Am. K001487889 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/

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • 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 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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