Sterculia apetala

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, 2nd 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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