Cannabaceae
Celtis

Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sarg.

First published in Silva 7: 64 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida to Tropical America. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ayala, M.M. (2015). Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán 129: 1-21. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónomica de México.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K., Rodríguez Delcid, D. & Olmedo Galán, P. (2016). Nova Silva Cuscatlantica. Parte 3: Angiospermae - Familias R a Z y Gymnospermae. Englera 29(3): 1-356.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Cardoso Pedemeiras, L., Ferreira da Costa, A., Dunn de Araujo,D.S. & Pereira Carauta, P.P. (2011). Ulmaceae, Cannabaceae e Urticaceae das restingas do estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rodriguésia 62: 299-313.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pederneiras, L.C. & al. (2014). Avaliação do risco de extinção das Urticineae das restingas do estado de Rio de Janeiro. Rodriguésia 65: 261-273.
  • Persson, C. & Ståhl, B. (2014). Flora of Ecuador 91: 1-76. Gothenburg University.
  • Santana Carrillo, J. (2011). Flora de Guerrero 44: 1-26. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Sarg., Silv. N. Amer. 7: 64 (1895).

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Santana Carrillo, J. (2011). Flora de Guerrero 44: 1-26. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.

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
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • 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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • 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.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Piva, J.H. [1038] Brazil K000578441 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Gardner [5184] Brazil K000512920 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Gardner [5184] Brazil K000512921 Type Yes
Aug 11, 1998 Colli, S. [s.n.] Brazil K000964274 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [4668] Brazil K000964270 Yes
Mar 10, 1988 Ratter, J.A.; Bertolda, J.; Castro, R.A.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [1060] Brazil K000964269 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Sperling, C.R.; Silva, M.G.; Condon, M.; Rosario, C.S.; Lima, R.P.; Santos, J.C. [6197] Brazil K000964276 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W.; Santos, R.R. [14998] Brazil K000964267 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Anderson, W.R.; Fryxell, P.A.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [9185] Brazil K000964277 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [5325] Brazil K000964263 Yes
Lima, H.C., de [2904] Brazil K000964273 Yes
Smith, A.C. [3237] Guyana K000964271 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [1139] Brazil K000964266 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8363] Brazil K000964260 Yes
McFadyen [s.n.] Jamaica K000575971 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000964264 Yes
Sello [2091] Brazil K000575975 Type Yes
Sello [2091] Brazil K000575976 Type Yes
Diaz, J.; Way, M.; Castellanos Castro, C. Colombia K001577151 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000964265 Yes
Goudot [s.n.] Colombia K000575977 Holotype Yes
Matthews [826] Peru K000575981 Holotype Yes
Matthews [826] Peru K000575982 Type Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8363] Brazil K000964259 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5909] Brazil K000964261 Yes
Lima, J. [794] Brazil K000964272 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Pott, A.; Bridgewater, S.; Fonsêca-Filho, J.; Cardoso, C.F.R.; Santos, G.B. [7511] Brazil K000964275 Yes
Prior, A. [291] Jamaica K000575970 Type Yes
Williams, R.S. [603] Bolivia K000575984 Isotype Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [4459] Brazil K000964262 Yes
Ruiz [s.n.] K000575978 Type Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [3313] Brazil K000964268 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5233] Brazil Celtis glycycarpa K000964208 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [2251] Brazil Celtis glycycarpa K000964209 Yes
Gardner [1406] Brazil Celtis gardneri K000575973 Type Yes
Gardner [1406] Brazil Celtis gardneri K000964240 Yes
Moore, S.L.M. [630] Brazil Celtis gardneri K000964241 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Pott, A.; Pott, V.; Rego, S.C.A.; Martins, F.; Tamashiro, J. [6020] Brazil Celtis gardneri K000964244 Yes
Robert, A. [809] Brazil Celtis gardneri K000964243 Yes
Robert, A. [711] Brazil Celtis gardneri K000964242 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Berg, C.C.; Henderson, A.J. [487] Brazil Celtis triflora K000964283 Yes
Jun 6, 1975 Duarte, A.P. [5029] Brazil Celtis triflora K000964285 Yes
Jun 6, 1975 Sucre, D. [5686] Brazil Celtis triflora K000964284 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Reitz; Klein [7214] Brazil Celtis triflora K000964288 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Reitz; Klein [8035] Brazil Celtis triflora K000964289 Yes
Aug 1, 1959 Moraes, J.C. [2019] Brazil Celtis triflora K000964286 Yes
Feb 28, 1946 Pessoal do Horto Florestal [s.n.] Brazil Celtis triflora K000964290 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M.; Gevieski, A. [7596] Brazil Celtis triflora K000964287 Yes
Glaziou [4918] Brazil Celtis aculeata K000964205 Yes
Saltzmann [s.n.] Brazil Celtis aculeata K000512940 Holotype Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [343] Brazil Celtis aculeata K000964206 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [300] Brazil Celtis aculeata K000964207 Yes
Glaziou [19862] Brazil Celtis alnifolia K000964210 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Hatschbach, G.G.; Schinini, A.; Silva, J.M. [58873] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964252 Yes
May 3, 1984 Vieira, M.C.W. [624] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964255 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Grear, J.W.; Santos, R.R. [17518] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964248 Yes
Feb 28, 1946 Kuhlmann, J.G. [s.n.] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964249 Yes
Jan 1, 1936 Miers, J. [4565] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964247 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Pott, A.; Narciso, S.; Camargo, J. [s.n.] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964253 Yes
Gasson, P.; Harley, R.M.; França, F.; Nic Lughadha, E. [6026] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964254 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Fonsêca-Filho, J.; Gomes, S.M.; Jacques, E.L. [7623] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964251 Yes
Carauta, J.P.P. [801] Brazil Celtis pubescens K000964250 Yes
Jan 7, 1999 Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina Celtis ehrenbergiana K000512936 Type Yes
Gillies [s.n.] Argentina Celtis ehrenbergiana K000512937 Type Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina Celtis ehrenbergiana K000512939 Syntype 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/

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • 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