Apocynaceae
Forsteronia

Forsteronia acouci (Aubl.) A.DC.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 439 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1947). Apocynaceae. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(3): 144-162. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XIX: La familia Apocynaceae s.str. (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) de Costa Rica. Darwiniana 43: 90-191.

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

  • 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.
  • Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XIX: La familia Apocynaceae s.str. (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) de Costa Rica. Darwiniana 43: 90-191.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1997 Assunção, P.A.C.L.; Silva, C.F.; Pereira, E.C. [810] Brazil K000996221 Yes
Oct 1, 1997 Assunção, P.A.C.L.; Silva, C.F. [578] Brazil K000996227 Yes
Sep 1, 1987 Neill, D.; Palacios, W.; Zaruma, J. [7302] Ecuador K001488951 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L.; Rosario, C.; Santos, M.R. [1650] Brazil K000996224 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Woolcott, D.B.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [15936] Brazil K000996225 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [4201] Brazil K000996222 Yes
Schomburgk [557] Guyana K000582632 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milliken, W. [815] Brazil K000996226 Yes
Kuhlmann, J.G. [3647] Brazil K000996223 Yes
Amazonian Peru K001488952 Yes
Amazonian Peru K001488953 Yes
Peck, M.E. [450] Belize Forsteronia viridescens K000582614 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1989 McDaniel, S.; Nace, P.E.; Rimachi, M. [29855] Peru Forsteronia benthamiana K001488954 Yes
Jun 23, 1976 Zarucchi, James L. & Balick, Michael J. [1720] Colombia Forsteronia benthamiana K001488958 Yes
Colombia Forsteronia benthamiana K001488955 Yes
Colombia Forsteronia benthamiana K001488956 Yes
Colombia Forsteronia benthamiana K001488957 Yes
Colombia Forsteronia benthamiana K001488958 Yes
Colombia Forsteronia benthamiana K001488959 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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