Caryocaraceae
Caryocar

Caryocar villosum (Aubl.) Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 2: 84 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. South America to N. Bolivia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Ecuador, French Guiana, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W. [2189] Brazil K000578125 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Oldeman [B. 2592] French Guiana K001573726 Yes
Prévost, M.-F. [3670] French Guiana K004301935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Singapore K004302489 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K004301973 Yes
Prévost, M.-F.; Gonzalez, S. [5329] French Guiana K004301937 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004302488 Yes
Milliken, W. [1777] Brazil K004301977 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Singapore K004302490 Yes
Prévost, M.-F.; Gonzalez, S. [5329] French Guiana K004301938 Yes
Spruce [1819] Brazil K004301972 Yes
de Figueiredo, F.O.; Vicentini, A. [1955] Brazil K004301962 Yes
Pires, M.J.P.; Silva, N.T.; Oliveira, P.B.; Conceição, M.A. [846] Brazil K004301970 Yes
Prévost, M.-F.; Sabatier, D.; Molino, J.-F. [4477] French Guiana K004301933 Yes
Silva, N. [1279] Brazil K004301975 Yes
Oliveira, A.A.; Assunçao, P.A.C.L.; Cardoso, R.M. [110] Brazil K004301976 Yes
Thomas, W.; Cid, C.A.; Ackerley, D.; Ramos, J. [4135] Brazil K004301965 Yes
Froes, R. [1951] Brazil K004301981 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1099] Brazil K004301983 Yes
Balée, W.L. [1038] Brazil K004301966 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K004301974 Yes
Mori; Gracie, C.; Buck, W. [21581] French Guiana K004301930 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1099] Brazil K004301982 Yes
Prévost, M.-F. [3670] French Guiana K004301934 Yes
Archer, W.A. [8202] Brazil K004301984 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1098] Brazil K004301969 Yes
Burchell [9607] Brazil K004301986 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004302487 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K004301980 Yes
Prévost, M.-F. [3670] French Guiana K004301936 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1098] Brazil K004301968 Yes
de Figueiredo, F.O.; Vicentini, A. [1955] Brazil K004301961 Yes
Spruce, R. [1819] Brazil K004301985 Yes
Grenand [3076] French Guiana K004301931 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Singapore K004302491 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004302486 Yes
Prévost, M.-F.; Sabatier, D.; Molino, J.-F. [4477] French Guiana K004301932 Yes
Rabelo, B.V.; Mori, S.; Cardoso, R.; Souza, R. [2956] Brazil K004301964 Yes
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [2008] Brazil K004301963 Yes
Ducke [549] Brazil K004301967 Yes
Wickham, H.A. [s.n.] Brazil K004301978 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K004301979 Yes
Schultes, R.E. [8673] Brazil K004301971 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [9861] Brazil Caryocar villosum var. macrophyllum K000432514 Type 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0