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, 2^nd 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