Bignoniaceae
Handroanthus

Handroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos

First published in Loefgrenia 50: 2 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central 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 food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • Grose, S.O. & Olmstead, R.G. (2007). Taxonomic revisions in the polyphyletic genus Tabebuia s. l. (Bignoniaceae). Systematic Botany 32: 660-670.
  • 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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Gentry, A.H (1992). Bignoniaceae-Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 25(II): 1-370. [Cited as Tabebuia impetiginosa.]

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gentry, A.H (1992). Bignoniaceae-Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 25(II): 1-370.
  • Gentry, A.H. (1982). Bignoniaceae. Flora de Veracruz 24: 1-222. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
  • Gentry, A.H. in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (1997). Bignoniaceae. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 3: 403-491. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.

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/
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pires, J.M. [4184/a] Brazil K000991980 Yes
Sandeman, C. [2152] Brazil K000902010 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Ferreira, A. [1584] Brazil K000902008 Yes
Blanchet [2739] Brazil K000902511 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5637] Brazil K000991973 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [17607] Brazil K000902522 Yes
Angeli, C. [261] Brazil K000991990 Yes
Ducke, A. [18176] Brazil K000991985 Yes
Ducke, A. [22672] Brazil K000991982 Yes
Angeli, C. [261] Brazil K000991989 Yes
Chagas e Silva, F.; Francisco, E.M. [1959] Brazil K000991987 Yes
Ducke, A. [2347] Brazil K000991974 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Grear, J.W.; Santos, R.R. [17607] Brazil K000902521 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Haas, H. [16632] Brazil K000902014 Yes
Fontella, J.P.; Djalma; Valdir [190] Brazil K000902006 Yes
Joly, A.B. [s.n.] Brazil K000902019 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000902523 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Haas, H. [16588] Brazil K000902012 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [44] Brazil K000902011 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000991976 Yes
Duarte, A.P. [s.n.] Brazil K000902520 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [5515] Brazil K000902013 Yes
Ducke, A. [2347] Brazil K000902512 Yes
Maguire, B [24751] Suriname K000374586 No
Wurdack, J.J. [178] Brazil K000902518 Yes
Pires, J.M. [57916] Brazil K000991993 Yes
Gehrt, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000902017 Yes
Hassler, E. [3065] Paraguay K000449913 Type Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [21841] Brazil K000449912 Type Yes
Pires, J.M. [58018] Brazil K000902519 Yes
Hoehne, F.C.; Gehrt, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000991992 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [3884] Brazil K000902515 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000991981 Yes
Dubs, B. [1441] Brazil K000902527 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [4841] Brazil K000991977 Yes
Joly, A.B. [s.n.] Brazil K000902018 Yes
Chagas e Silva, F.; Francisco, E.M. [1959] Brazil K000991986 Yes
Heohne, F.C.; Gehrt, A. [39547] Brazil K000991991 Yes
Glaziou [12980] Brazil K000902516 Yes
Ducke, A. [22672] Brazil K000991984 Yes
Lemos, J.R.; Matias, P. [196] Brazil K000902529 Yes
Blanchet [2739] Brazil K000902510 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [5459] Brazil K000991988 Yes
Sehnem, A. [1608] Brazil K000902015 Yes
Rodal, M.J.N. [411] Brazil K000902524 Yes
Seibert, R.J. [3028] Brazil K000902020 Yes
Ducke, A. [18181] Brazil K000991975 Yes
Fontella, J.P. [195] Brazil K000902005 Yes
Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3962] Brazil K000902530 Yes
Griffiths, A., Jr.; Hawkinson, W.D. [4908] Brazil K000902009 Yes
Burchell [8378] Brazil K000902513 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Grear, J.W.; Santos, R.R. [17742] Brazil K000902514 Yes
Lima, A. [50/667] Brazil K000991978 Yes
Ducke, A. [22672] Brazil K000991983 Yes
Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Pinheiro, A.N.; Rosário, C.S.; Silva, N.A. [4310] Brazil K000902525 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Chagas e Silva, F. [5099] Brazil K000902528 Yes
Dubs, B. [1721] Brazil K000902526 Yes
Pires, J.M. [7142] Brazil K000991979 Yes
Fontella, J.P.; Djalma; Valdir [190] Brazil K000902007 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [29977] Brazil K000902517 Yes
Rambo, B. [s.n.] Brazil K000902016 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [13948] Angola Tabebuia palmeri K001009759 Yes
Tucker, J.M. [904] El Salvador Tabebuia palmeri K001326516 No
Palmer, E. [320] Mexico Tabebuia palmeri K001326492 Type No
Palmer, E., Dr. [361] Mexico Tabebuia palmeri K000449870 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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    • 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/
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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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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

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