Apocynaceae

Tabernaemontana siphilitica (L.f.) Leeuwenb.

First published in Revis. Tabernaemontana 2: 372 (1994)

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 and for food.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Homotypic Synonyms

Bonafousia siphilitica (L.f.) L.Allorge in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 30: 114 (1985)
Echites siphiliticus L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 167 (1782)
Mesechites siphiliticus (L.f.) Lemée in Fl. Guyane Franç. 3: 326 (1954)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Anacampta echinata (Aubl.) Markgr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 163 (1938)
Anacampta hirtula (Mart. ex Müll.Arg.) Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 67 (1878)
Anacampta longifolia (Benth.) Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 66 (1878)
Bonafousia guyanensis (Müll.Arg.) Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 51 (1878)
Bonafousia hirtula (Mart. ex Müll.Arg.) Markgr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 166 (1938)
Bonafousia juruana Markgr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 167 (1938)
Bonafousia killipii (Woodson) Markgr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 167 (1938)
Bonafousia siphilitica var. hirtula (Mart. ex Müll.Arg.) L.Allorge in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 30: 119 (1985)
Bonafousia siphilitica var. juruana (Markgr.) L.Allorge in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 30: 119 (1985)
Bonafousia speciosa (Poir.) Boiteau in Phytologia 31: 247 (1975)
Bonafousia tessmannii Markgr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 167 (1938)
Bonafousia tetrastachya (Kunth) Markgr. in Meded. Afd. Handelsmus. Kolon. Inst. 30: 454 (1937)
Malouetia tetrastachya (Kunth) Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 92 (1878)
Peschiera echinata (Aubl.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 360 (1844)
Tabernaemontana cuyabensis Malme in Ark. Bot. 21A(6): 11 (1927)
Tabernaemontana duckei Huber in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 6: 199 (1914 publ. 1915)
Tabernaemontana echinata Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 263 (1775), nom. rej.
Tabernaemontana guianensis Miq. in Linnaea 18: 754 (1845)
Tabernaemontana guyanensis Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 30: 404 (1860)
Tabernaemontana hirtula Mart. ex Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 73 (1860)
Tabernaemontana hirtula var. maynensis Huber in Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 4: 600 (1906)
Tabernaemontana juruana (Markgr.) K.Schum. ex J.F.Macbr. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(5): 405 (1959)
Tabernaemontana killipii Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 18: 541 (1931)
Tabernaemontana longifolia Benth. in J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 243 (1841)
Tabernaemontana repanda E.Mey. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 12: 784 (1824)
Tabernaemontana speciosa Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 275 (1817)
Tabernaemontana tessmannii (Markgr.) J.F.Macbr. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(5): 410 (1959)
Tabernaemontana tetrastachya Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 227 (1819)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Gentianales

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Family
Apocynaceae

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Genus
Tabernaemontana

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Species
Tabernaemontana siphilitica

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
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
Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Jan 1, 2008	Zappi, D.C.; Milliken, W.; Sasaki, D.; Frisby, S.; Henicka, G.; Pena, E.M.; Leite, R.A.; Piva, J. [1460] Brazil	K000578976		Yes
Mar 1, 2007	Sasaki, D.; Pedroga, J.A.; Corrêa, T.R.; Piva, J.H. [1289] Brazil	K000447720		No
Jan 1, 1992	Silva, A.S.; Berg, C.C.; Nelson, B.W.; Henderson, A.J.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, M.R., dos [176] Brazil	K000989491		Yes
Jan 1, 1991	Philcox, D.; Fereira, A. [3830] Brazil	K000989511		Yes
Jan 1, 1991	Ratter, J.A.; Rocha, M.P.; Castro, R.A., de [4403] Brazil	K000989507		Yes
Jan 1, 1990	Krukoff, B.A. [5927] Brazil	K000989515		Yes
Jan 1, 1990	Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [2959] Brazil	K000989500		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	s.coll. [430] Brazil	K000989522		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6845] Brazil	K000989499		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Zarucchi, J.L.; Schultes, R.E. [1032] Colombia	K001489362		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T., da [59320] Brazil	K000989514		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8069] Brazil	K000989495		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Daly, D.C.; Campbell, D.G.; Silva, A.S.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, M.R., dos; Bastos, N.C. [537] Brazil	K000989506		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [3986] Brazil	K000989496		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Krukoff, B.A. [1449] Brazil	K000989509		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Spruce, R. [430] Brazil	K000989516		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Fróes, R.L. [1744] Brazil	K000989505		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Rusby, H.H. [2396] Brazil	K000989518		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Schomburgk [292] Guyana	K000587827	Lectotype	Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Kubitzki, K.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S..; Lima, J.F. [12404] Brazil	K000989502		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Spruce, R. [2474] Brazil	K000989521		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Spruce, R. [3175] Brazil	K000989519		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T., da [58489(L.S. 39)] Brazil	K000989508		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D. [1731] Brazil	K000989492		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Irwin, H.S. [48763] Brazil	K000989503		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Krukoff, B.A. [5941] Brazil	K000989490		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.E.; Farias, L.G. [7354] Brazil	K000989501		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Krukoff, B.A. [1083] Brazil	K000989494		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Videcki, E.R., Jr. [2284] Brazil	K000989486		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [10337] Brazil	K000989488		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [6849] Brazil	K000989510		Yes
Jan 1, 1989	Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [3033] Brazil	K000989485		Yes
Jan 1, 1988	Pruski, J.F.; Campbell, D.; Williams, D.; Garcia, R.F.; Freitas, J.; Cardoso, J.; Batista, E. [3365] Brazil	K000989504		Yes
Jan 1, 1988	Glaziou, A.F.M. [9936] Brazil	K000989523		Yes
Jan 1, 1988	Cid Ferreira, C.A. [6906] Brazil	K000989487		Yes
Jan 1, 1988	Harley, R.M.; Souza, R.; Castro, R.A., de; Ferreira, A. [10969] Brazil	K000989512		Yes
Jan 1, 1988	Onishi, E.; Fonseca, S.G. [335] Brazil	K000989513		Yes
Jan 1, 1986	Ule, E. [5178] Brazil	K000587825	Type	Yes
Jan 1, 1986	s.coll. [2474] Brazil	K000989520		Yes
Jan 1, 1986	Martius [s.n.] Brazil	K000587851	Type	Yes
Jan 1, 1986	Schomburgk [292] Guyana	K000587826	Isolectotype	Yes
Jan 1, 1986	Krukoff, B.A. [5927] Brazil	K000989493		Yes
	Miquel [s.n.] Suriname	K001577038		Yes
	Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T., da [58779] Brazil	K000989489		Yes
	Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil	K000989517		Yes
	Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6758] Brazil	K000989498		Yes
	Milliken, W.; Latham, S.; Pestana, L. [166] Brazil	K000989497		Yes
	Peru	K001489335		Yes
	Peru	K001489336		Yes
	Peru	K001489337		Yes
	Peru	K001489338		Yes
	Peru	K001489339		Yes
	Peru	K001489340		Yes
	Peru	K001489341		Yes
	Peru	K001489342		Yes
	Peru	K001489343		Yes
	Peru	K001489344		Yes
	Peru	K001489345		Yes
	Peru	K001489346		Yes
	Peru	K001489347		Yes
	Peru	K001489348		Yes
	Ecuador	K001489349		Yes
	Venezuela	K001489350		Yes
	Venezuela	K001489351		Yes
	Venezuela	K001489352		Yes
	Venezuela	K001489353		Yes
	Venezuela	K001489354		Yes
	Venezuela	K001489355		Yes
	Venezuela	K001489356		Yes
	Colombia	K001489357		Yes
	Colombia	K001489358		Yes
	Colombia	K001489359		Yes
	Colombia	K001489360		Yes
	Colombia	K001489361		Yes
	Colombia	K001489363		Yes
	Colombia	K001489364		Yes
	Colombia	K001489365		Yes
	Colombia	K001489366		Yes

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
- Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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Tabernaemontana siphilitica (L.f.) Leeuwenb.

Distribution

Native to:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

IUCN Categories

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Tabernaemontana siphilitica (L.f.) Leeuwenb.

Distribution

Native to:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (78 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

IUCN Categories

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index