Myrtaceae
Myrcia

Myrcia albidotomentosa (Amshoff) McVaugh

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18(2): 79 (1969)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Colombia to N. South America and N. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lucas, E. & al. (2016). A conspectus of Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia (Myrtaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 101: 648-698.
  • Para-O., C. (2018). New records on Colombian Myrtaceae. Phytotaxa 343: 298-300.

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

  • Para-O., C. (2018). New records on Colombian Myrtaceae. Phytotaxa 343: 298-300.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2012 Fuertes, J.; Cardiel, J.M. [1255] Venezuela K000812353 No
Jan 1, 2008 Hernandez, L.; Meier, W.; Perez, Z. [1578] Venezuela K000812519 No
Jan 1, 1987 Holst, B.K.; Liesner, R.L. [3102] Venezuela K000330012 No
Jan 1, 1987 Holst, B.K.; Liesner, R.L. [3102] Venezuela K000330013 No
Jan 1, 1967 Maguire, B.; Politi, L. [27893] Venezuela K000330014 No
Maguire, B. [24274] Suriname K000342545 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1392] Guyana K000342548 Isotype Yes
Maguire, B. [24783] Suriname K000342546 Yes
Cowan, R.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [2200] Guyana K000342544 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1344] Guyana K000342543 Yes
Maguire, B. [24734] Suriname K000342547 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1344] Guyana K000342542 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/

  • 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

  • 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