Malvaceae
Apeiba

Apeiba tibourbou Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 538 (1775), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K., Rodríguez Delcid, D. & Olmedo Galán, P. (2016). Nova Silva Cuscatlantica. Parte 3: Angiospermae - Familias R a Z y Gymnospermae. Englera 29(3): 1-356.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • 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. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K., Rodríguez Delcid, D. & Olmedo Galán, P. (2016). Nova Silva Cuscatlantica. Parte 3: Angiospermae - Familias R a Z y Gymnospermae. Englera 29(3): 1-356.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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
  • 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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2013). Servicios ecosistémicos de especies de fauna y flora presentes en la Orinoquía colombiana. 128 registros, aportados por: Salgado, B. (Contacto del recurso), Gutiérrez, J. (Creador del recurso), Bernal, M. (Proveedor de metadatos). Versión 8.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=orinoquia_faunaflora_is_2014
  • 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.
  • 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, 2009 Parcela 1; Sasaki, D.; Piva, J.H.; Santos, S.K.F.; Yamaciro, T. [477] Brazil K000579890 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Projeto Flora Cristalino [538] Brazil K000578945 No
Jan 1, 1991 Taylor, N.P.; Zappi, D.C.; Eggli, U. [1447] Brazil K001209953 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Krukoff, B.A. [1567] Brazil K000381853 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Fonnegra, R.; Roldán, F.J. [2367] Colombia K001486439 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5807] Bolivia K001209999 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8875] Brazil K001209932 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [71] Brazil K001209917 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Figueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Chagas e Silva, F. [5622] Brazil K001209969 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5291] Brazil K001209957 Yes
Fróes, R.; Krukoff, B.A. [1807] Brazil K001209959 Yes
Amorim, A.M.A. [1052] Brazil K001209928 Yes
Glaziou [20738] Brazil K001209962 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [2058] Brazil K001209997 Yes
Prance, G.T. [5183] Brazil K001209919 Yes
Chalmers, G. [98] Brazil K001209961 Yes
Prance, G.T. [5622] Brazil K001212359 Yes
Bogner [1238] Brazil K001209996 Yes
Burchell [6333] Brazil K001209980 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [7124] Brazil K001209938 Yes
Burchell [9220] Brazil K001209924 Yes
Whitford, H.N. [37] Brazil K001209979 Yes
Lima, A. [53/1316] Brazil K001209956 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1074] Brazil K001209963 Yes
Dubs, B. [1601] Brazil K001209939 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [516] Brazil K001209984 Yes
Prance, G.T. [5162] Brazil K001210000 Yes
Guedes, M.L.; Harley, R.; Stannard, B.; Woodgyer, E. [2870] Brazil K001209948 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [1858] Brazil K001209985 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Atchley, A.A.; Steward, W.C.; Woolcott, D.B.; Coelho, D.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Ramos, J.F. [14459] Brazil K001209934 Yes
s.coll. [213] Brazil K001209965 Yes
Ferrucci, M.S. [2764] Brazil K001209946 Yes
Silva, B.R. [1179A] Brazil K001209947 Yes
Dubs, B. [2449] Brazil K001209943 Yes
Strudwick, J.J. [3617] Brazil K001209951 Yes
Harley, R.M. [10960] Brazil K001209935 Yes
Prance, G.T. [59375] Brazil K001209976 Yes
Taylor, N.P.; Zappi, D.C.; Eggli, U. [1447] Brazil K001209952 Yes
Taylor, E.L. [1000] Brazil K001209973 Yes
Pires, J.M. [52368] Brazil K001209975 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Figueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Heringer, A.E.; Chagas, F. [2058] Brazil K001209998 Yes
Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K001209922 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [2777] Brazil K001209940 Yes
Oldenburger, F.H.F. [1164] Suriname K001209974 Yes
Daly, D.C. [379] Brazil K001209955 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [16646] Brazil K001209918 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [25154] Brazil K001209988 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1518] Brazil K001209958 Yes
Pires, J.M. [52368] Brazil K001209978 Yes
Ule, E. [6078] Brazil K001209981 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4778] Brazil K001209994 Yes
Glaziou, A. [2899] Brazil K001209926 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.C. [5183] Brazil K001209921 Yes
Gardner [3033] Brazil K001209964 Yes
Kuhlmann, J.G. [s.n.] Brazil K001209927 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [6432] Brazil K001209995 Yes
Pires, J.M. [50899] Brazil K001209986 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2393] Brazil K001212358 Yes
Guedes, M.L. [PCD2640] Brazil K001209949 Yes
Dubs, B. [1949] Brazil K001209942 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Bertolda, J.; Castro, R.A.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [1063] Brazil K001209983 Yes
Prance, G.T. [s.n.] Brazil K001209989 Yes
Chalmers, G. [s.n.] Brazil K001209960 Yes
Fraga, C.N. [2926] Brazil K001209993 Yes
Silva, M.G. [3613] Brazil K001209937 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [5535] Brazil K001209992 Yes
Prance, G.T. [5590] Brazil K001209920 Yes
Pires, J.M. [52286] Brazil K001209968 Yes
Miers, J. [3828] Brazil K001209925 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [5732] Brazil K001209950 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [2387] Brazil K001209941 Yes
Krapovickas, A. [42921] Brazil K001209966 Yes
Maguire, B. [47067] Brazil K001209987 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [6664] Brazil K001209933 Yes
Daly, D.C. [1606] Brazil K001209936 Yes
Saunders, J. [3090] Brazil K001209944 Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A. [406] Brazil K001209971 Yes
Glaziou [10331] Brazil K001209982 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [2914] Brazil K001209929 Yes
Gardner [1476] Brazil K001209930 Yes
Silva, A.S. [103] Brazil K001209945 Yes
Staviski, M.N.R.; Lyra, R.P. [900] Brazil K001209954 Yes
Hill, S.R. [12860] Brazil K001209970 Yes
Prance, G.T. [5590] Brazil K001212360 Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A. [712] Brazil K001209967 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [9487] Brazil K001209991 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [16234] Brazil K001209990 Yes
Vauthier [s.n.] Brazil K001209931 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4086] Brazil K001209972 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [4371] Brazil K001209977 Yes
Peru K000110468 Yes
Peru K000110469 Yes
Peru K000110470 Yes
Peru K000110471 Yes
Peru K000110472 Yes
Peru K000110473 Yes
Panama K001486428 Yes
Panama K001486429 Yes
Panama K001486430 Yes
Panama K001486431 Yes
Panama K001486432 Yes
Panama K001486433 Yes
Panama K001486434 Yes
Colombia K001486435 Yes
Colombia K001486436 Yes
Colombia K001486437 Yes
Colombia K001486438 Yes
Venezuela K001486440 Yes
Venezuela K001486441 Yes
Venezuela K001486442 Yes
Venezuela K001486443 Yes
Venezuela K001486444 Yes
Venezuela K001486445 Yes
Venezuela K001486446 Yes
Venezuela K001486447 Yes
Venezuela K001486448 Yes
Venezuela K001486449 Yes
Ecuador K001486450 Yes
Ecuador K001486451 Yes
Ecuador K001486452 Yes
Ecuador K001486453 Yes
Peru K001486454 Yes
Peru K001486455 Yes
Peru K001486456 Yes
Peru K001486457 Yes
Peru K001486458 Yes
Peru K001486459 Yes
Peru K001486460 Yes
Peru K001486461 Yes
Peru K001486462 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

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    • 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

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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

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