Bixaceae
Bixa

Bixa excelsa Gleason & Krukoff

First published in Phytologia 1: 107 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peru to N. Bolivia and N. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Peru

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1983 Hill, S.R.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Oliveira, J.G.; Santos, J.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Todzia, C.A.; Zarucchi, J.L. [13175] Brazil K000973103 Yes
Jan 1, 1937 Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000973096 Yes
Lowrie, S.R.; Lowy, B.; Nelson, B.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Morreira, M. [709] Brazil K000973104 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4960] Brazil K000470101 Type Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [4098] Brazil K000973090 Yes
Pires, J.M.; Silva, N.T. [2052] Brazil K000973092 Yes
Ducke [218] Brazil K000973087 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [1431] Brazil K000973102 Yes
Philcox, D.; Fereira, A. [4467] Brazil K000973097 Yes
Ducke, A. [875] Brazil K000973101 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Videcki, E.R., Jr. [2307] Brazil K000973105 Yes
Martinelli, G. [41] Brazil K000973088 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1254] Brazil K000973086 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5394] Brazil K000973083 Yes
Burchell [8461] Brazil K000973081 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59340] Brazil K000973091 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.E.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5456] Brazil K000973093 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6831] Brazil K000973098 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.E.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5357] Brazil K000973094 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000973095 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1254] Brazil K000973084 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Atchley, A.A.; Steward, W.C.; Woolcott, D.B.; Coelho, D.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Ramos, J.F. [14699] Brazil K000973089 Yes
Burchell [7980] Brazil K000973082 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1069] Brazil K000973100 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1254] Brazil K000973085 Yes
Ducke, A. [1838] Brazil K000973099 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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