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  1. Family: Brunelliaceae Engl.
    1. Genus: Brunellia Ruiz & Pav.

      1. Brunellia sibundoya Cuatrec.

        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.
    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.
    Habit
    Árbol
    Conservation
    No Evaluada
    [UPB]
    Animal Food
    Aerial parts eaten by animals (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
    Fruits
    Infructescences - The fruits are eaten by birds (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
    Revegetation
    Live plant (in situ) - Used for ecological restoration (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
    Fuelwood
    Used for fuelwood (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    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

    Bibliography

    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.

    Sources

    Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    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 2020. 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 2020. 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.
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
    ColPlantA database
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0