Annonaceae
Xylopia

Xylopia aromatica (Lam.) Mart.

First published in Fl. Bras. 13(1): 43 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.
  • 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. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Mello-Silva, R., de Carvalho Lopes, J. & Rubens Pirani, J. (2012). Flora da serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais: Annonaceae. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 30: 37-56.

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

  • 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'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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.
  • 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. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Mello-Silva, R., de Carvalho Lopes, J. & Rubens Pirani, J. (2012). Flora da serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais: Annonaceae. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 30: 37-56.

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
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Cárdenas, D., & Ramírez, J. G. (2004). Plantas útiles y su incorporación a los sistemas productivos del departamento del Guaviare (Amazonia Colombiana). Caldasia, 26(1), 95-110.
  • 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/
  • 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.
  • 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), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2013). Servicios ecosistémicos de especies de fauna y flora presentes en la Orinoquía colombiana. 128 registros, aportados por: Salgado, B. (Contacto del recurso), Gutiérrez, J. (Creador del recurso), Bernal, M. (Proveedor de metadatos). Versión 8.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=orinoquia_faunaflora_is_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Zappi, D.C.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Camargo, A.C.; Philippsen, M.; Bessa, M.A.; Piva, J.H. [1827] Brazil K000578095 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Zappi, D.C.; Camargo, A.C. [2043] Brazil K000578096 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [15678] Bolivia K001501821 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Wood, J.R.I.; Mamani, F. [13480] Bolivia K001501820 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Chatrou, L.W.; Pirie, M.D.; Solíz, P. [310] Bolivia K001501822 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Meier, W.; Bonn, C.; Kunert, O. [5287] Venezuela K001501797 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Quevedo, R.; Guillén, R.; Gutiérrez; Jardim; Vacadiez [919] Bolivia K001501824 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Killeen, T.J.; Guillén, R.; Chacón; Vriesendorp [6923] Bolivia K001501823 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Heath [96] Colombia K001501782 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Zarucchi, J.L.; Barbosa, C.E. [3465] Colombia K001501795 Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Davidse, G.; Gonzalez, A. [14799] Venezuela K001501809 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Colchester, M.E.M.; Lister, J.R.A. [2426] Venezuela K001501800 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Ferrigni V., N.R.; Zorrilla F., C.J.; Reyes Q., E.A. [18E] Venezuela K001501808 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Wessels-Boer, J.G. [1889] Venezuela K001501801 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Wurdack, J.J. [34466] Venezuela K001501806 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernandez-Perez, A. [43] Colombia K001501777 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernandez-Perez, A. [43] Colombia K001501776 Yes
Purdie, W. [s.n.] Colombia K001501781 Yes
Mutis, J.C. [1617] Colombia K001501785 Yes
Allen, C. [92] Colombia K001501791 Yes
Fendler, A. [2283] Venezuela K001501804 Yes
Ordoñez [s.n.] Venezuela K001501807 Yes
Purdie, W. [s.n.] Colombia K001501780 Yes
Purdie, W. [s.n.] Colombia K001501774 Yes
Mocquerys, A. Venezuela K001501805 Yes
Schultes, R.E.; Cabrera, I. [26050] Colombia K001501778 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [BT666] Colombia K001501790 Yes
Mason, H.L. [13783] Colombia K001501793 Yes
Sanderman, C. [5900] Colombia K001501792 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Schultes, R.E., McElroy, J. [1125] Colombia K001501772 Yes
[65] Venezuela K001501803 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7545] Colombia K001501789 Yes
Pedrol, J.; Fernandez Alonso, J.L. [10360JLF] Venezuela K001501796 Yes
Gómez, R.; Ruiz, T.; Wingfield, R.; Smith, R.; Bevilacqua, M. [619] Venezuela K001501802 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [1568] Colombia K001501779 Yes
Purdie, W. [s.n.] Colombia K001501773 Yes
Purdie, W. [s.n.] Colombia K001501775 Yes
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K001501783 Yes
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K001501784 Yes
Goudot, J. [s.n.] Colombia K001501786 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [41] Colombia K001501787 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [41] Colombia K001501788 Yes
Schultes, R.E. [3951] Colombia K001501794 Yes
Rusby, H.H.; Squires, R.W. [151] Venezuela K001501798 Yes
Williams, L.W. [12572] Venezuela K001501799 Yes
K:SPC-70000.326 No
Peru K000047598 Yes
Peru K000047599 Yes
Peru K000047600 Yes
Peru K000047601 Yes
Peru K000047890 Yes
Panama K001501762 Yes
Panama K001501763 Yes
Panama K001501764 Yes
Panama K001501765 Yes
Panama K001501766 Yes
Panama K001501767 Yes
K001501768 Yes
K001501769 Yes
K001501770 Yes
K001501771 Yes
Colombia K001501772 Yes
Colombia K001501773 Yes
Colombia K001501774 Yes
Colombia K001501775 Yes
Colombia K001501776 Yes
Colombia K001501777 Yes
Colombia K001501778 Yes
Colombia K001501779 Yes
Colombia K001501780 Yes
Colombia K001501781 Yes
Colombia K001501782 Yes
Colombia K001501783 Yes
Colombia K001501784 Yes
Colombia K001501785 Yes
Colombia K001501786 Yes
Colombia K001501787 Yes
Colombia K001501788 Yes
Colombia K001501789 Yes
Colombia K001501790 Yes
Colombia K001501791 Yes
Colombia K001501792 Yes
Colombia K001501793 Yes
Colombia K001501794 Yes
Colombia K001501795 Yes
Venezuela K001501796 Yes
Venezuela K001501797 Yes
Venezuela K001501798 Yes
Venezuela K001501799 Yes
Venezuela K001501800 Yes
Venezuela K001501802 Yes
Venezuela K001501803 Yes
Venezuela K001501804 Yes
Venezuela K001501805 Yes
Venezuela K001501806 Yes
Venezuela K001501807 Yes
Venezuela K001501808 Yes
Venezuela K001501809 Yes
Bolivia K001501810 Yes
Bolivia K001501811 Yes
Bolivia K001501812 Yes
Bolivia K001501813 Yes
Bolivia K001501814 Yes
Bolivia K001501815 Yes
Bolivia K001501816 Yes
Bolivia K001501817 Yes
Bolivia K001501818 Yes
Bolivia K001501819 Yes
Bolivia K001501820 Yes
Bolivia K001501821 Yes
Bolivia K001501822 Yes
Bolivia K001501823 Yes
Bolivia K001501824 Yes

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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