Cordia sebestena

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cordioideae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia sebestena
Varietates: C. s. var. caymanensis – C. s. var. sebestena

Name

Cordia sebestena L., Sp. Pl. 1: 190(–191). 1753. (as Sebestena)

Synonyms

Cordia juglandifolia Jacq.
Cordia laevis Jacq.
Cordia sebestena var. rubra Eggers
Cordia speciosa Salisb.
Lithocardium laeve (Jacq.) Kuntze
Sebestena repanda Raf.

Homonym

Cordia sebestena Andrews, Bot. Repos. 3: t. 157. 1801, nom. illeg. hom.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles.
- Western South America
  - Colombia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 190

Additional references

Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page.
Salisbury, R.A. 1796. Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium. VIII + 422 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page.
Small, J.K. 1913. Flora of Miami: Being descriptions of the seed-plants growing naturally on the Everglade Keys and in the adjacent Everglades, southern peninsular Florida. XII+206 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page.
Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. 1982. Fam. 127. Boraginaceae Juss. Pp. 1193–1214 in Flora of the Bahama Archipelago (including the Turks and Caicos Islands). J. Cramer, Lehre, Germany. (Reprinted 1996, A.R.G. Gantner, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.) Reference page.
De Candolle, A.P. (†) 1845. Ordo CXXXIX. Borragineae. Pp. 466–559, 565–566 in De Candolle, A. (ed.), Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 9, Sistens Corolliflorarum ordines IX. Sumptibus Fortin, Masson et Sociorum, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. (as Cordia speciosa)
Feuillet, C. 2012. Boraginaceae. In Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T., Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 157–174. BHL Reference page.
Nowicke, J.W. 1969. Family 167. Boraginaceae. In Woodson, R.E., Jr., Schery, R.W. & Collaborators, Flora of Panama, Part IX. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 56: 33–69. DOI: 10.2307/2395165 BHL JSTOR Reference page.
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. 2020. Cordia sebestena in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cordia sebestena. Published online. Accessed: Oct 09 2020.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cordia sebestena.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cordia sebestena in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-05-09.
Hassler, M. 2018. Cordia sebestena. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 22. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2018. Cordia sebestena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 May 2018.
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Cordia sebestena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 May 2018.
Cordia sebestena in 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. Accessed: 09 May 2018.

Note:

The name Cordia sebestena has also been applied to Cordia subcordata.

Vernacular names

English: Geiger tree
suomi: Punakarhepuu
தமிழ்: அச்சு நறுவிலி