Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex triflora Vahl

First published in Eclog. Amer. 2: 49 (1798)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • de Lima, C.T. & França, F. (2009). Flora da Bahia: Vitex Tour. ex L. Lamiaceae. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 9: 225-244.

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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • de Lima, C.T. & França, F. (2009). Flora da Bahia: Vitex Tour. ex L. Lamiaceae. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 9: 225-244.

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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Vigo, J.S. [15694] Peru K000249734 No
Jan 1, 2010 Vigo, J.S. [16370] Peru K000249735 No
Jan 1, 2010 Fiaschi, P. [3411] Brazil K000249736 Yes
Sperling, C.R. [5959] Brazil K001220228 Yes
Bisby, F.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001220226 Yes
Oliveira, A.A. [2810] Brazil K001220235 Yes
Prance, G.T. [7786] Brazil K001220255 Yes
Bat, Hort, Corn [s.n] China K004545855 Yes
Costa, M.A.S. [374] Brazil K001220237 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6869] Brazil K001220247 Yes
Fróes, R. [1972] Brazil K001220231 Yes
Archer, W.A. [8047] Brazil K001220245 Yes
Costa, M.A.S. [418] Brazil K001220241 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6034] Brazil K001220248 Yes
Vicentini, A. [545] Brazil K001220239 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [3173] Brazil K001220244 Yes
Prance, G.T. [6031] Brazil K001220225 Yes
Forero, E. [7093] Brazil K001220327 Yes
Silva, M. [2393] Brazil K001220234 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [14165a] Brazil K001220242 Yes
Pires, J.M. [50466] Brazil K001220251 Yes
Silva, M.B. [155] Brazil K001220246 Yes
Daly, D.C. [3899] Brazil K001220229 Yes
Costa, M.A.S. [s.n.] Brazil K001220238 Yes
Daly, D.C. [7987] Brazil K001220223 Yes
Secco, R.S. [248] Brazil K001220222 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4704] Brazil K001220227 Yes
Costa, M.A.S. [s.n.] Brazil K001220236 Yes
Ducke, A. [971] Brazil K001220230 Yes
Prance, G.T. [6060] Bolivia K001220257 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14268] Brazil K001220232 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [48311] Brazil K001220252 Yes
Prance, G.T. [6005] Brazil K001220240 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5765] Brazil K000488035 Isotype Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5765] Brazil K000488036 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [227] Brazil K001220221 Yes
Silva, M. [2476] Brazil K001220233 Yes
Pires, J.M. [52602] Brazil K001220249 Yes
Cowan, R.S. [38398] Brazil K001220243 Yes
Silva, N.T. [2] Brazil K001220254 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6034] Brazil K001220256 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6869] Brazil K001220253 Yes
Daly, D.C. [1107] Brazil K001220250 Yes
Bilby, R. [412] Brazil K001220224 Yes
Spruce, R. [2130] Brazil K001220220 Yes
Mar 1, 1936 Burchell, W.J. [9514] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220270 Yes
Burchell [9633] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220268 Yes
Burchell [9514] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220265 Yes
Martin [s.n.] French Guiana Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220263 Yes
Burchell [9514] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220264 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220266 Yes
Silva, M. [2575] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220272 Yes
Burchell [9633] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220267 Yes
Ule, E. [9727] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220271 Yes
Spruce, R. [2130] Brazil Vitex triflora var. floribunda K001220269 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Maas, P.J.M.et, al. [P13120] Brazil Vitex triflora var. hirsuta K000735714 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1936 Trail, J.W.H. [672] Brazil Vitex triflora var. kraatzii K001220260 Yes
Calderon, C.E. [2804] Brazil Vitex triflora var. kraatzii K001220259 Yes
Daly, D.C. [951] Brazil Vitex triflora var. kraatzii K001220261 Yes
Silva, A.S. [84] Brazil Vitex triflora var. kraatzii K001220262 Yes
Calderon, C.E. [2804] Brazil Vitex triflora var. kraatzii K001220258 Yes
Spruce, R. [1039] Brazil Vitex triflora var. quinquefoliolata K001220274 Yes
Spruce, R. [1039] Brazil Vitex triflora var. quinquefoliolata K001220273 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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