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  1. Family: Rubiaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Cinchona L.

      1. Cinchona pubescens Vahl

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Costa Rica to W. South America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

    [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 y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 600 - 3300 m.; Andes.
    Habit
    Árbol
    Conservation
    No Evaluada
    [FTEA]

    Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976

    Habit
    Leaf-blades more rounded, 9–50 cm. long, 7–35 cm. wide, pubescent to glabrescent beneath.
    Corolla
    Corolla tinged pink or red with tube 1.1–1.4 cm. long.
    Fruits
    Capsule elongate.
    [UPB]

    The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

    Distribution
    Native and cultivated in Colombia.
    Ecology
    Alt. 600 - 3300 m.
    Conservation
    Not Evaluated.
    Habit
    Tree.
    [UPB]
    Materials
    Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
    Unspecified Materials Chemicals
    Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
    Medicines
    Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).
    Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
    Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

    Introduced into:

    Galápagos, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Society Is., St.Helena, Sulawesi

    Common Names
    Spanish
    Quina, quina amarilla, quina terciopelo, quina naranja, quina lanuda, quina roja, quina canchosa, cascarilla, quina tuna, azuceno colorado, cascarillo, cascarilla gallinazo, azuceno, cascarilla amarga.

    Cinchona pubescens Vahl appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006433
    Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006435
    Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006436
    Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006437
    Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [0bis], Ecuador K000006438
    Jan 1, 1993 unknown [14], Peru K000173423
    Jan 1, 1993 Mathews [s.n.], Peru K000173430 isotype
    Jan 1, 1993 Mathews [s.n.], Peru K000173431 Unknown type material
    Jan 1, 1993 Mathews [s.n.], Peru K000173432
    Jan 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006425
    Jan 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006430
    Jan 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006431
    Jan 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006432
    Jan 1, 1993 Peru K000173425
    Jan 1, 1993 Purdie [s.n.], Colombia K000173433
    Jan 1, 1993 Lechter, W. [2347], Peru K000173427 Unknown type material
    Jan 1, 1993 Weddell, M. H. Alg. [4114], Bolivia K000173422 isolectotype
    Jan 1, 1993 Weddell, M. H. Alg. [4363], Peru K000173435 Unknown type material
    Jan 1, 1993 s.coll. [s.n.], Peru K000173424
    Jan 1, 1993 s.coll. [s.n.] K001092890
    s.coll. [s.n.] K000173429
    Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000006434
    Purdie [s.n.], Colombia K000173434
    s.coll. [s.n.], Peru K000173426
    s.coll. [s.n.], Peru K000173428
    s.coll. [s.n.], Peru K001092889
    s.coll. [s.n.], Peru K001092887
    s.coll. [s.n.], Peru K001092888
    s.coll. [s.n.], Peru K001092882
    Jan 1, 1993 Mathews [s.n.], Peru Cinchona rugosa K000173404 isotype
    Jan 1, 1993 [No details given] [s.n.] Cinchona rugosa K000173403 Unknown type material

    First published in Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 1: 19 (1790)

    Accepted by

    • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
    • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
    • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
    • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
    • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe Bothalia 41: 41-82.
    • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
    • 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.
    • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
    • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
    • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
    • Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
    • 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
    • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

    Literature

    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/
    • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
    • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
    • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe Bothalia 41: 41-82.
    • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
    • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
    • Brown, L.C. (1982). The Flora and Fauna of St Helena: 1-88. Land Resources Development Centre, Surbiton, England.

    Sources

    Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

    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/

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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 2019. 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 2019. 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

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