Cordia superba

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 superba

Name

Cordia superba Cham., Linnaea 4(4): 474–474 (1829)

Type: F. Sellow s.n. (BRAZIL; [1814–1831], in flower; B [monochrome photocopy: F 0BN001003^{(GBIF1, GBIF2, JSTOR)}], G [Herb. Delessert, fide Johnston 1930], G-DC [fide Johnston 1930; cf. G00146476 (113573/1)^{(CRIA, GBIF)}, lacking type indication], HAL 0098666^(JSTOR), K [K000583291^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}, numbered 108], P {P00634082^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}, P00634083^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}}, US [US00110733 (616898)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}, ex B]; Isotype: W 1889-0283551^(GBIF))

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Lithocardium superbum (Cham.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891)
- Gerascanthus superbus (Cham.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 34(3–4): 402 (1988)
Heterotypic
- Cordia superba var. cuneata Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 4(4): 474 (1829); not accepted by Johnston (1930) [cited as C. superba]
  - Type: vide C. superba.
- Cordia superba var. elliptica Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 4(4): 474 (1829); not accepted by Johnston (1930) [cited as C. superba]
  - Type: F. Sellow [1574] ([Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro], BRAZIL; B [monochrome photocopy: F 0BN001004^{(GBIF1, GBIF2, JSTOR)}]; Isotypes: G [G00177005 (182099/1)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)} [ex B, 2 sheets], P [P00634084^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}]).
- Cordia grandiflora Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1491 (1832), nom. illeg., non (Desv.) Kunth (1818) [≡ Varronia grandiflora Desv.]; not accepted by Johnston (1830) [cited as C. superba]
- Cordia ipomoeiflora Hook., Bot. Mag. 84: t. 5027 (1858), as 'ipomœæflora'; not accepted by Johnston (1930) [cited as C. superba]
  - Type: 'It is to be regretted that, as was the case with the plant we figured for C. superba, we know nothing of its native country or introduction ; and only that it is an old inhabitant of the warm stove in the Royal Gardens of Kew, with the blossoming of which, during the sunny season of the summer of 1857, [...]'; K [cf. K000583292^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}].
- Cordia atrofusca Taub., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15 (5, Beibl. 38): 12 (1893); not accepted by Johnston (1930) [cited as C. superba]
  - Type: A.F.M. Glaziou 12087 ([cultivated at Sete Potes, Baretto, Rio de Janeiro], BRAZIL; September–October; B [monochrome photocopy: F0BN000958^{(GBIF1, GBIF2, JSTOR)}], R [fide Glaziou]; Isotypes: C [C10008685 (NHMD1684420)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], P [P00633467^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}).
    - Gerascanthus atrofuscus (Taub.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 34(3–4): 396 (1988)

Notes

Johnston (1930) hesitantly places the following 2 names under C. superba:
- Cordia intermedia Fresen., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 8(1): 8 (1857)
  - Syntypes:
    - C.F.P. von Martius s.n. ('In silvis caeduis ad Soteropolin', Bahia, BRAZIL; M-0185054 / 581648 / 253443^{(Field Mus. (Neg. No. 20293), GBIF, JSTOR)});
    - C.F.P. von Martius s.n. ('in mediterraneis umbrosis humidiusculis a Caeteté ad Caxoeira'; November, in flower; M {M-0185055 / 581649 / 253444^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [dated November 1818], M-0185056 / 581650 / 253445^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}).
- Cordia schottiana Fresen., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 8(1): 7–8 (1857)
  - Type: H.W. Schott 4951 (near Aldeia da Pedra, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL; Holotype: W 0015849^{(Field Mus. (Neg. No. 31923), GBIF, JSTOR)}).
Cordia blanchetii A.DC. was also once placed here by Johnston (1930), but later reinstated by M.Stapf & T.R.S.Silva (2013).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central (Goiás), Brazil Northeast (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe), Brazil Southeast (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Brazil North (Tocantins), Brazil South (Paraná).

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

References

Primary references

Chamisso, A.v. 1829: Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 4: 474.

Additional references

Borhidi, A., Gondár, E. & Orosz-Kovács, Z. 1988. The reconsideration of the genus Cordia L. Acta Botanica Hungarica 34(3–4): 375–423. Arcanum Digitheca EurekaMag 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. [see pages 476–477]
Fresenius, G. 1857. Cordiaceae, Heliotropieae, Borragineae. pp. 1–64, tt. 1–13. In: Martius, C.F.P. de (ed.), Flora Brasiliensis sive Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas cura musei Caes. Reg. Palat. Vindobonensis suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas sub Auspiciis Ferdinandi I. Austriae Imperatoris et Ludovici I. Bavariae Regis, Vol. VIII, pars I. Fasc. XIX. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. [see pages 6–8]
Glaziou, A.-F.-M. 1905–1913. Plantae Brasiliae centralis a Glaziou lectae. Liste des plantes du Brésil Central recueillies en 1861–1895. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de la France 52, Mémoires 1(3): 1–661. BHL Reference page. [see page 475]
Hooker, W.J. (ed.) 1858. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXXIV [= Vol. XIV of the third series.] Tt. 5025–5090. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page.
Johnston, I.M. 1930. Studies in the Boraginaceae,―VIII. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 92: 1, 3–95. JSTOR BHL Reference page. [see pages 44–46]
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.
Lindley, J. (ed.) 1832. Edwards's Botanical Register 18: tt. 1477–1549. James Ridgeway, London. BHL Reference page.
Sánchez de Stapf, M.N. & dos Santos Silva, T. 2013. Typifications in Cordia (Cordiaceae), with an assessment of the status of Cordia blanchetii. Kew Bulletin 68(2): 355–359. DOI: 10.1007/S12225-013-9439-Z . JSTOR . Reference page. [see page 356]
Taubert, P. 1893. Plantae Glaziovianae novae vel minus cognitae. III. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 15(5, Beibl. 38): 3–19. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, 2019. Cordia superba. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T149193954A149205125.en.
2024. Cordia superba. In: Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 19 September 2024.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cordia intermedia. Accessed: 2024 September 19.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cordia schottiana. Accessed: 2024 September 19.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cordia superba. Accessed: 2024 September 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cordia superba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 September 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Cordia superba. 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 September 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cordia superba. Published online. Accessed: 19 September 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Cordia superba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 September 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cordia superba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

português: Clara d'Ovo

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