Sterculia apetala

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genus: Sterculia
Species: Sterculia apetala

Name

Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) H.Karst., 1862

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Clompanus apetala (Jacq.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
- Helicteres apetala Jacq. in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 30 (1760)
- Sterculia carthaginensis Cav. in Diss. 6: 353 (1788), nom. superfl.

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: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil West-Central
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Florida
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - awaii

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

References

Primary references

Karsten, H. 1862–1869. Florae Columbiae : terrarumque adiacentium specimina selecta in peregrinatione duodecim annorum observata. Tom. II. 188 pp., tt. CI–CC. Apud Ferdinandum Duemmlerum redemptorum, Berolini [Berlin]. BHL Reference page. : 2:35, t. 118.

Additional references

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL 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. 2023. Sterculia apetala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Sterculia apetala. Published online. Accessed: November 05 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Sterculia apetala. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 05. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Sterculia apetala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 November 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sterculia apetala in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Panama tree, camoruco, manduvi tree
español: Camoruco, anacahuita
Kreyòl ayisyen: Pistachdèzenn
lietuvių: Panaminė sterkulija

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