Fabaceae
Piscidia

Piscidia carthagenensis Jacq.

First published in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 27 (1760)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuela and Peru, Caribbean. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine and for fuel.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

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.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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
  • 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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • 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 (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Liogier, A. H. (1988). Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II
  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • Rudd, V. E. (1969). Phytologia 18(8) :473-499 A Synopsis of the Genus Piscidia

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1969 Hinton, G.B. [3578] Mexico K000118941 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Hinton, G.B. [5803] Mexico K000118935 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Hinton, G.B. [5626] Mexico K000118942 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Hinton, G.B. [9995] Mexico K000118938 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Hinton, G.B. [5803] Mexico K000118936 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Hinton, G.B. [11802] Mexico K000118940 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Hinton, G.B. [5626] Mexico K000118943 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Hinton, G.B. [10008] Mexico K000118939 Yes
Little, E.L. (Jr.) [6593] Ecuador K003832466 Yes
Hughes, C.E.; Lewis, G.P. [1226] Guatemala K:SPC-55907.000 No
Lewis, G.P.; Hughes, C.E. [1773] Mexico K:SPC-55226.000 No
Núñez, T. [301] Ecuador K003832470 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003832477 Yes
Hummel, C. [13] Belize K000966997 Yes
Linares, J.L.; Martinez, C. [4935] El Salvador K003769039 Yes
Reyes Garcia, A.; Marínez, E. [3] Mexico K003769035 Yes
Mexia, Y. [6760] Ecuador K003832469 Yes
Wiggins, I.L. [18734] Ecuador K003832453 Yes
Cornejo, X.; Bonifaz, C. [5378] Ecuador K003832471 Yes
Snow [22] Ecuador K003832454 Yes
Lozano, P. [1171] Ecuador K003832467 Yes
{Flores, J.C.; Paz del Carmen Coba Perez.} [250] Mexico K003769036 Yes
Little, E.L. (Jr.) [6744] Ecuador K003832465 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C.; Díaz, C. [12351] Peru K003832459 Yes
Rodríguez, D.; Pacheco, F.; Erazo, B. [8315] El Salvador K001625634 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-76794.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003832476 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [7524] Mexico K000118937 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003832478 Yes
Allen, P.H. [4315] Panama K003832452 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K003832464 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003832475 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003832473 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Galán, P.; Martínez, R. [DR06096] El Salvador K003769038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003832479 Yes
[Ing. Jose Vargas A] [217] Peru K003832458 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Lozano, P. [3053] Ecuador K003832472 Yes
Darwin, B.G. [27/34] K003832474 Yes
Rodríguez, A.; Morales, J.; Soto, A.; Santamaría, D.; González, F. [9519] Costa Rica K003769037 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Merino, B.; Lozano, P.; Delgado, T.; Alejandro, H. [2341] Ecuador K003832462 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [2524] Ecuador K003832463 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [2524] Ecuador K003832468 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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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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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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

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

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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