Fabaceae
Heterostemon

Heterostemon mimosoides Desf.

First published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 248 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to N. South America and N. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

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:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

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
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Cowan, R. S. (1976). Konikl. Nederl. Wetensch. Proc. (C) 79(1) :42-60.. Heterostemon..

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 18, 1995 Damião, C. [2592] Brazil K000834660 Yes
Aug 15, 1995 Prance, G.T.; Coelho, L.F.; Kubitzki, K.; Maas, P.J.M. [11556] Brazil K000834664 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [181] Brazil K000834654 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Vicent, K.; Silva, J.B.; Carvalho, A.H. [4201] Brazil K000834659 Yes
Amaral, I.L.; Cid, C.A.; Guedes, J.; Lima, J. [152] Brazil K000834652 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Cid, C.A.; Roosmalen, M.G.M.; Roosmalen, B. [6566] Brazil K000834651 Yes
Kawasaki, M.L.; Kawasaki, M.L.; Lima, H.C.; Stevenson, D.W.; Ramos, J.; Mueller, G.; Lima, R.P.; Oliveira, J.G.; Neto, A.A.M. [335] Brazil K000834661 Yes
Farney, C.; Farney, C.; Ferreira, C.A.C.; Martinelli, G.; Silva, Y.T.; Mota, C.D.A.; Batista, E.F. [2014] Brazil K000834657 Yes
Rodrigues, W.A.; Farney, C.; Daly, D.C.; Maas, P.J.M.; Stevenson, D.W.; Lima, R.P.; Ramos, J.F.; Oliveira, J.G. [10724] Brazil K000834662 Yes
s.coll. [40] Brazil K000834764 Yes
Rodrigues, W.A.; Farney, C.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Daly, D.C.; Maas, P.J.M.; Stevenson, D.W.; Lima, R.P.; Ramos, J.F.; Oliveira, J.G. [10810] Brazil K000834663 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [181] Brazil K000834653 Yes
Cid, C.A.; et al. [8370] Brazil K000834658 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Santos, J.L.; Oliveira, J.G. [7985] Brazil K000834655 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C.; F. Sá, C.; Martinelli, G.; Soares, E.; Mota, C.D.A.; Batista, E.F. [9697] Brazil K000834656 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

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

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • 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

  • Legumes of the World Online

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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0