Diplopterys cururuensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Diplopterys
Species: Diplopterys cururuensis

Name

Diplopterys cururuensis B.Gates, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 30: 215 (1982).

• Type locality: BRAZIL. Pará: Rio Cururú, 1–10 km upriver (SE) from village of Pratatí, Alto Tapajós, 8°S, 57°5′W.
• Type: W.R. Anderson 10803 (in fruit, 12 February 1974; Holotype: IAN [​IAN147213]; Isotypes: MICH [​MICH1102142 (169277)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}], NY {NY00055629^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}, NY00055630^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}}).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia. Brazil Brazil North (Pará, Tocantins). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gates, B. 1982. Banisteriopsis, Diplopterys (Malpighiaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 30: 1–237. JSTOR . World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Anderson, W.R. & Davis, C.C. 2006. Expansion of Diplopterys at the expense of Banisteriopsis (Malpighiaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 11(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.3100/1043-4534(2006)95[1:EODATE]2.0.CO;2 . DASH . Reference page.  [see p. 9]
• Jørgensen, P.M. Diplopterys cururuensis. In: Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck, S.G. (eds.) 2013. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): 1–1741. ISBN 978-1-930723-71-9 (issue 1), ISBN 978-1-930723-83-2 (issue 2). Online version at Tropicos. Reference page. 

Links

• Almeida, R.F. 2025. Diplopterys cururuensis. In Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 14 November 2025.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Diplopterys cururuensis. Accessed: 2025 November 14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Diplopterys cururuensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Diplopterys cururuensis. Published online. Accessed: 14 November 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Diplopterys cururuensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 November 2025. Reference page.