Fabaceae
Cynometra

Cynometra retusa Britton & Rose

First published in Trop. Woods 7: 5 (1926)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Central America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • 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.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2016 Pennnington, T.D.; Sarukhán K., J. [9419] Mexico K000680112 Yes
Nov 1, 1995 Quesada, F. [303] Costa Rica K000680129 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Pennington, T.D.; Poveda, L.J. [11415] Costa Rica K000680126 Yes
Jul 1, 1991 Rivera, G. [1120] Costa Rica K000680127 Yes
Jul 1, 1991 Rivera, G [1120] Costa Rica K000680131 Yes
Jul 1, 1991 Rivera, G. [1120] Costa Rica K000680128 Yes
Jul 1, 1991 Rivera, G [1120] Costa Rica K000680130 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Marshall, N.T.; Castillo, M.J.J.; Marshall, E.W. [421] Guatemala K000680132 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Schipp, W.A. [1192] Belize K000680124 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Yuncker, T.G.; Koepper, J.M.; Wagner, K.A. [8007] Belize K000680123 Yes
Calzada, J.I. [1784] Mexico K000680133 Yes
Villegas H., A. [65] Mexico K000680122 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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