Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex cymosa Bertero ex Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 757 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Southwest Caribbean, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Arbo, M.M. & al. (2018). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(1): 1-488. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2015). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen VIII. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  • de Lima, C.T. & França, F. (2009). Flora da Bahia: Vitex Tour. ex L. Lamiaceae. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 9: 225-244.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

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

  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2015). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen VIII. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Ticona, E. [103] Bolivia K000249733 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Vigo, J.S. [6623] Peru K000249726 No
Jan 1, 2010 Graham, J.G. [4724] Peru K000249727 No
Jan 1, 2010 Loza, I. [446] Bolivia K000249732 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Farfan, W. [413] Ecuador K000249725 No
Sep 30, 2009 Ceron, C.E. [19024] Ecuador K000249724 No
Jan 1, 2008 Aparecida da Silva, M. [3369] Brazil K000509581 Yes
Apr 1, 1936 Glaziou, A.F.M. [19723] Brazil K001218483 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 1936 Burchell, W.J. [1718] Brazil K001218474 Yes
Apr 1, 1936 Burchell, W.J. [2262] Brazil K001218473 Yes
Ducke [476] Brazil K001218486 Yes
Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. [8052] Brazil K001218480 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1472] Brazil K001218491 Yes
Schessl, M. [3434] Brazil K001218478 Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [314] Brazil K001218466 Yes
Silva, M.G. [3828] Brazil K001218494 Yes
Burchell [s.n.] Brazil K001218460 Yes
Richards, P.W. [6511] Brazil K001218464 Yes
Silva, A.P. [30] Brazil K001218482 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5903] Brazil K001218492 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [10874] Brazil K001218459 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [63444] Brazil K001218479 Yes
Burchell [7977] Brazil K001218475 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001218477 Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [281] Brazil K001218458 Yes
Martius [1023] Brazil K001218470 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [5100] Brazil K001218488 Yes
Spruce, R. [981] Brazil K001218471 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001218472 Yes
Moldenke, H.N. [1976] Brazil K001218476 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [7671] Brazil K001218484 Yes
Berg, C.C. [s.n.] Brazil K001218463 Yes
Ducke [476] Brazil K001218487 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [1952] Brazil K001218493 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1259] Brazil K001218495 Yes
Prance, G.T. [15080] Brazil K001218462 Yes
Schessl, M. [2262] Brazil K001218481 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14144] Brazil K001218457 Yes
Thomas, W. [4607] Brazil K001218469 Yes
Hill, S.R. [13021] Brazil K001218490 Yes
Burchell [s.n.] Brazil K001218465 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [3021] Brazil K001218489 Yes
Collenette, C.L. [161] Brazil K001218467 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4502] Brazil K001218485 Yes
Burchell [s.n.] Brazil K001218461 Yes
Collenette, C.L. [161] Brazil K001218468 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/

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

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