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This species is accepted, and its native range is Colombia to W. Bolivia. It is used as animal food and for firewood and revegetation.

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Morphology General Habit
Tree.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Ecology
Alt. 1500 - 3400 m.

[CPLC]

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 1500 - 3400 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
Conservation
No Evaluada

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[UPB]
Use Animal Food
Aerial parts eaten by animals (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
Use Animal Food Fruits
Infructescences - The fruits are eaten by birds (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
Use Environmental Revegetation
Live plant (in situ) - Used for ecological restoration (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
Use Fuel Fuelwood
Used for fuelwood (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Brunellia sibundoya Cuatrec. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Cuatrecasas, J. [13586], Colombia Brunellia sibundoya subsp. sebastopola K000407198 isotype
Oct 4, 1966 Pearce [s.n.], Colombia Brunellia coroicoana K000407197 holotype
Oct 4, 1966 Pearce [s.n.], Colombia Brunellia coroicoana K000407200

First published in Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 5: 35 (1942)

Accepted by

  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741.
  • 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. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Literature

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Florez-Cárdenas, G., Núñez-Izquierdo, O. L., Núñez-Izquierdo, M. M., Ramírez-Mesa, M., & Zusunaga-Quintana, J. A. (2010). 100 Plantas útiles del páramo del Rabanal: Guía para comunidades rurales. Bogotá: Instituto Alexander von Humboldt - CAR - Corpoboyac

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
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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/

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Neotropikey
Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
ColPlantA database
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