Crateva tapia

Crateva tapia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Capparaceae
Genus: Crateva
Species: Crateva tapia

Name

Crateva tapia L., 1753

Synonyms

• Capparis radiatiflora (DC.) Ruiz & Pav.
• Capparis trifoliata Spreng. ex DC.
• Cleome arborea Schrad.
• Colicodendron obliquifolium Turcz.
• Crateva acuminata DC.
• Crateva arborea Schrad.
• Crateva bahiana Ule
• Crateva benthamii Eichl.
• Crateva benthamii var. leptopetala Eichler
• Crateva coriacea Herzog
• Crateva glauca Lundell
• Crateva gynandra L.
• Crateva radiatiflora DC.
• Crateva tapia var. glauca (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm.
• Crateva tapioides DC.
• Nevosmila arborea Rafin.

Homonyms

• Crateva tapia Burm. fil. = Crateva religiosa Forst. fil.
• Crateva tapia Heyne ex Wall. = Cadaba trifoliata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
• Crateva tapia Vahl = Crateva religiosa Forst. fil.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan) Continental: Southern America Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles (Barbados, Grenadines, Martinique, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Argentina (Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Santa Fe), S-Brazil (Parana), Paraguay (Central, Cordillera, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes), Colombia (Amazonas, Atlntico, Bolvar, Caquet, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Valle, Vaups, Vichada), Peru, Belize, Panama, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia), N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Acre), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Bahia, Alagoas), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Bolivia (Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 444. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. Aug.. Crateva tapia. 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. Aug.. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 13 {{{3}}}. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Crateva tapia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crateva tapia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 13 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Crateva tapia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crateva tapia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Gally pear, Garlic pear tree
español: toco, manzana de playa

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