Guettarda malacophylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Guettardeae
Genus: Guettarda
Species: Guettarda malacophylla

Name

Guettarda malacophylla Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4(8): 290 (1929)

• Typus: F.C. Lehmann 8710 (in flower, "November"; Holotypus: NY [cf. NY00131681^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, 'type']; ⧼Isotypi⧽: F [​V0069424F (587056)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; cf. K {K000424862^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, K000424863^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}} [both without type indication]).
• Type locality: Colombia. On Río Magdalena, Neiva and Timana, alt. 400–1,200 m.

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Guettarda eliadis Standl., Trop. Woods 42: 25 (1935), as 'Guettarda Eliadis'; not accepted by Steyermark (1972), Mendoza et al. (2004), Delprete & Cortés-B. (2015) [cited as G. malacophylla]
    • Typus: Brother Elias 1072 (in fruit, August 1933; Holotypus: F [​V0069416F (680940)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: A 00375794^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BM [​BM000624218^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], F [​V0069415F (680939)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], US [​US00138348 (1573501)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    • Type locality: Colombia. Megua.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1929. Studies of American plants—I. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 4(8): 197–299. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Standley, P.C. 1930. The Rubiaceae of Colombia. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 7: 1–175. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 4, 64.]
• Standley, P.C. 1935. New Trees and Shrubs from Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. Tropical Woods 42: 22–33. Journal numbers 41–44 (PDF). Reference page. 
• Maguire, B. & Steyermark, J.A. 1972. Guettarda malacophylla. In Maguire, B. & collaborators. The botany of the Guayana Highland – Part IX. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 23: 363–364. Google Books. World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page. 
• Jiménez-B., L.C. 2002. Lista de las colecciones colombianas de Rubiaceae depositadas en el Herbario Nacional Colombiano (COL). Caldasia 24(1): 41–64. Online. Reference page.  [see page 48.]
• Mendoza, H., Ramírez P., B.R. & Jiménez, L.C. 2004. Rubiaceae de Colombia. Guía ilustrada de géneros. Bogotá, Colombia: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Programa Inventarios de BiodiversidadGrupo de Exploración y Monitoreo Ambiental - GEMA. ISBN 8151-31-7  ResearchGate (Spanish) Reference page.  [see page 321.]
• Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R.,  Guettarda%20malacophylla. In: Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. 2015. Cátalogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. ISBN 978-958-775-726-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 1).  Accessed: 9 December 2022. Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.M. 2022. "Guettarda malacophylla" in Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 9 December 2022.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Guettarda malacophylla. Accessed: 2022 December 9.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Guettarda malacophylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Guettarda malacophylla. Published online. Accessed: 9 December 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Guettarda malacophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 December 2022.

Vernacular names

español: Huesito