Malvaceae
Sterculia

Sterculia pruriens (Aubl.) K.Schum.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 8 (1886)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Poncy, O.; Serein, J.-Y. [1895] French Guiana K001572158 Yes
Jul 9, 1997 Berti, Luis Marcano [75] Venezuela K001485700 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Kröll [279] Peru K001485708 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Amaral-Santos, A.; Gomes, V.F.; Oliveira, W.L.; dos Santos, A.J.B. [16120] Brazil K001573760 Yes
Palheta, E. [s.n.] Brazil K001213832 Yes
Henderson, A. [339] Brazil K001213828 Yes
Assunção, P.A.C.L. [412] Brazil K001213807 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5634] Brazil K001213820 Yes
Ducke, A. [25097] Brazil K001213827 Yes
Ducke, A. [448] Brazil K001213831 Yes
Pires, J.M. [50731] Brazil K001213810 Yes
Prance, G.T. [13892] Brazil K001213826 Yes
Steward, W.C. [19687] Brazil K001213812 Yes
Prance, G.T. [58939] Brazil K001213824 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1403] Brazil K001213817 Yes
Marcano B.,L. [294] Venezuela K001485696 Yes
Marcano B.,L. [294] Venezuela K001485695 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6199] Brazil K001213815 Yes
Milliken, W. [2012] Brazil K001214099 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4718] Brazil K001213821 Yes
Prance, G.T. [4332] Brazil K001213808 Yes
Ducke, A. [7924] Brazil K001213823 Yes
Silva, M.B. [111] Brazil K001213822 Yes
Prance, G.T. [58740] Brazil K001213818 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [5971] Brazil K001213825 Yes
Ducke, A. [35408] Brazil K001213830 Yes
Egler, W.A. [47193] Brazil K001213809 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2198] Brazil K001213813 Yes
Prance, G.T. [1977] Brazil K001213819 Yes
Pennington, R.T.; johnson, I. [425] Guyana K:SPC-59251.000 No
Pires, J.M. [50737] Brazil K001213811 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6199] Brazil K001213816 Yes
Kukle, P. [106] Brazil K001213829 Yes
Pires, J.M. [50306] Brazil K001213814 Yes
Hostmann [1253] Suriname K000380874 Holotype Yes
Silva, S.S. [2303] Brazil K001213833 Yes
Bolivia, Peru K000047841 Yes
Venezuela K001485692 Yes
Venezuela K001485693 Yes
Venezuela K001485694 Yes
Venezuela K001485697 Yes
Venezuela K001485698 Yes
Venezuela K001485699 Yes
Venezuela K001485700 Yes
Venezuela K001485701 Yes
Venezuela K001485702 Yes
Venezuela K001485703 Yes
Peru K001485704 Yes
Peru K001485705 Yes
Peru K001485706 Yes
Peru K001485707 Yes
Peru K001485708 Yes
Bolivia, Peru K001485709 Yes
Bolivia, Peru K001485710 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5421] Brazil Sterculia pruriens var. grandiflora K001213834 Yes
Ducke, A. [18102] Brazil Sterculia pruriens var. grandiflora K000380872 Unknown Type Material Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5421] Brazil Sterculia pruriens var. grandiflora K001213835 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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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