Caryocaraceae
Caryocar

Caryocar glabrum (Aubl.) Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 2: 84 (1806)
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 animal food, a poison and a medicine and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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

  • 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • García Castro, N. J. (2011). Plantas nativas empleadas en alimentación en Colombia. Instituo de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander von Humboldt. http://repository.humboldt.org.co/handle/20.500.11761/31275
  • 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/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Gallo, A.; Soares, C.R.A.; Pedroga, J.A.; Della Colleta, R.F.L. [125] Brazil K000447348 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Piva, J.H. [1991] Brazil K000578126 Yes
Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [P20313] Brazil K004302089 Yes
Spruce, Richard Brazil K:SPC-80012.000 No
Vasconcelos, R.T.P.; Reis, R.; Rosário, C.; Nascimento, F. [432] Brazil K004302087 Yes
Rabelo, B.V.; Souza, R.; Cardoso, J. [2858] Brazil K004302081 Yes
Smith, A.C. [3002] Guyana K004302096 Yes
Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2392] Brazil K004302085 Yes
de Granville, J.-J.; Berg, C.C.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; J. van Setten [6501] French Guiana K004302061 Yes
Oldeman [2272] French Guiana K004302074 Yes
s.coll. [92] French Guiana K004302067 Yes
Ducke, A. [23465] Brazil K004302084 Yes
Maciel, U.N.; Rosário, C. [1525] Brazil K004302088 Yes
Prévost, M.-F. [3531] French Guiana K004302069 Yes
Anderson, C.W. [[DR101]] Guyana K004302062 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Stevenson, D.W.; Maas, P.J.M.; Guedes, J.; Lima, R.P. [5446] Brazil K004302092 Yes
Prévost, M.-F. [3959] French Guiana K004302073 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Cardenas, D.; Rodriguez, W.; Trujillo, W.; Gonzalez, H.; Hoyos, N.; Silva, E.; Marin, N.; Charri, L.F. [14096] Colombia K001567296 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A.; et al. [6980] Brazil K004302082 Yes
Mori; Gracie, C.; Buck, W. [21582] French Guiana K004302063 Yes
Rodrigues, W.A. [10849] Brazil K004302093 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A.; et al. [6668] Brazil K004302080 Yes
Fleury, M. [1033] French Guiana K004302068 Yes
Mori, S.; Gracie, C.; Tavakilian, G.; Christenson, E.; George, S. [23679] French Guiana K004302071 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Campbell, D.G.; Ongley, J.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [20456] Brazil K004302090 Yes
Prévost, M.-F.; Grenand, P. [4373] French Guiana K004302075 Yes
Sabatier, D.; Prévost, M.-F. [4127] French Guiana K004302079 Yes
Wachenheim [84] French Guiana K004302066 Yes
Oldeman [B1939] French Guiana K004302070 Yes
Clarke, H.D. [3168] Guyana K004302060 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21442] Brazil K004302095 Yes
Anderson [156] Guyana K004302064 Yes
Anderson [156] Guyana K004302065 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Woolcott, D.B.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [15583] Brazil K004302091 Yes
Sabatier, D.; Prévost, M.F. [4123] French Guiana K004302072 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Woolcott, D.B.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [15576] Brazil K004302086 Yes
Prévost, M.-F.; Grenand, P. [4316] French Guiana K004302078 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [21442] Brazil K004302094 Yes
Prévost, M.-F.; Grenand, P. [4316] French Guiana K004302077 Yes
Thomas, W.; Cid, C.A.; Ackerley, D.; Guedes, J.; Ramos, J.; Lima, R.P. [4798] Brazil K004302083 Yes
Prévost, M.-F.; Sabatier, D. [4793] French Guiana K004302076 Yes

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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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    • '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.
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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • 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/
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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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