Brosimum alicastrum

Brosimum alicastrum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Moraceae
Tribus: Dorstenieae
Genus: Brosimum
Species: Brosimum alicastrum
Subspecies: B. a. subsp. alicastrum – B. a. subsp. bolivarense

Name

Brosimum alicastrum Sw., 1788

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Piratinera alicastrum (Sw.) Baill. in Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 995 (1884)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional:Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil North Regional:Northern South America Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela Regional:Caribbean Cuba, Jamaica Continental:Northern America Regional:Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Florida, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 12.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Brosimum alicastrum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Brosimum alicastrum. Published online. Accessed: March 07 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Brosimum alicastrum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Brosimum alicastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 March 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brosimum alicastrum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: rotnussbaum
English: Breadnut
Esperanto: Majaa brosimo
español: Brosimum alicastrum
suomi: Pähkinämaitopuu
français: Noix-pain
italiano: Brosimum alicastrum
日本語: ラモンの木

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