- Family: Symplocaceae Desf.
- Genus: Symplocos Jacq.
Symplocos theiformis (L.f.) Oken
- Genus: Symplocos Jacq.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Colombia. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and for food.
Descriptions
According to Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
[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
- Endémica y nativa en Colombia; Alt. 2450 - 3724 m.; Andes.
- Habit
- Arbusto, arbolito
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
According to Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
[UPB]The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Distribution
- Endemic from Colombia.
- Conservation
- Not Evaluated.
- Ecology
- Alt. 2450 - 3724 m.
- Habit
- Shrub or tree.
Uses
According to Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
[UPB]- Food
- Food (State of the World's Plants 2016).
- Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
- Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).
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Distribution
Synonyms
Common Names
- Spanish
- Té de Bogotá, palo blanco.
Other Data
Symplocos theiformis (L.f.) Oken appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 928 (1841)
Accepted by
- 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.
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
- 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.
Sources
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
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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
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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