Euphorbiaceae
Alchornea

Alchornea castaneifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.Juss.

First published in Euphorb. Gen.: 42 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • De S. Secco, R. & Giulietti, A.M. (2004). Sinopse das Espécies de Alchornea (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) na Argentina. Darwiniana 42: 315-331.
  • De S.Secco, R. (2004). Alchorneae (Euphorbiaceae) (Alchornea, Aparisthmium e Conceveiba). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 93: 1-194.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • 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. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 10, 1991 Wallnofer, B. [12-1388] Peru K000111567 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Schunke V., J. [2518] Peru K000111566 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Wurdack, J.J.; Monachino, J.V. [39890] Venezuela K000716319 Yes
Burchell [9084] Brazil K001206293 Yes
Spruce, R. [1850] Brazil K001206282 Yes
Burchell [8509] Brazil K001206279 Yes
Spruce, R. [1542] Brazil K001206286 Yes
Grández, C. [569] Peru K001206285 Yes
Schultes, R.E.; Black, G.A. [8635] Colombia K001500410 Yes
Martius [s.n.] Brazil K001206290 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [s.n.] Brazil K001206278 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4588] Brazil K001206291 Yes
Spruce [1542] Brazil K001206287 Yes
Mexia, Y. [6069] Brazil K001206284 Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [207] Brazil K001206283 Yes
Pereira, E. [149] Brazil K001206280 Yes
Schunke V., J. [6387] Peru K000111570 Yes
Ruiz, J. [1227] Peru K001206281 Yes
Burchell [9256] Brazil K001206295 Yes
Glaziou [10043] Brazil K001206292 Yes
Ducke [481] Brazil K001206289 Yes
Ule, E. [5510] Brazil K001206288 Yes
Burchell [8671-3] Brazil K001206294 Yes
Peru K000111568 Yes
Peru K000111569 Yes
Venezuela K001500405 Yes
Venezuela K001500406 Yes
Venezuela K001500407 Yes
Venezuela K001500408 Yes
Venezuela K001500409 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0