Chrysobalanaceae
Hirtella

Hirtella racemosa Lam.

First published in Encycl. 3: 133 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

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.
  • Amith, J. & collaborators (2020). Nahuatl Learning Environment http://www.balsas-nahuatl.org/index.html.
  • Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

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.
  • 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
  • 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 (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2011 Acevedo - Rodriguez, P., et al. [13503] Brazil K000254868 Yes
May 1, 2011 Freitas, J., et al. [233] Brazil K000254865 Yes
May 1, 2011 Freitas, J., et al. [239] Brazil K000254864 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Yesilyurt, J.; Gallo, A.; Soares, C.R.A.; Rosa, R.; Marques, E.; Piva, J.H. [176] Brazil K000447835 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Yesilyurt, J.; Pedroga, J.A.; Gallo, A. [13] Brazil K000447834 Yes
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Vieira, I.; Piva, J.H. [437] Brazil K000447836 Yes
Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Reis, T.C.Y.; Pena, E.M.; Antunes, R.L.; Piva, J. [2363] Brazil K000579001 Yes
Couvreur, T.L.P.; Vargas, R.T. [212] Bolivia K001567121 Yes
Bigio, N.C.; Daly, D.; Lima, A.S.; Justiniano, F.C.P.S. [1723] Brazil K001560193 Yes
Torke, B.M.; Mansano, V.; Suemitsu, C. [1273] Brazil K001567087 Yes
Simão Castro, M.V.; Oliveira, M.A.; Costa, D.S.; Lima, A.S. [208] Brazil K001569920 Yes
Simão Castro, M.V.; Oliveira, M.A.; Costa, D.S.; Lima, A.S. [208] Brazil K001569921 Yes
Gardner [2565] Brazil K000220882 Unknown Type Material Yes
Michelangeli, F.A.; Narine, Z.; Isaacs, J.; Carter, N.; Lewis, P. [2332] Guyana K001567083 Yes
Barrier, S. [907] Peru K001567102 Yes
Roberts, L. [16303] Suriname K000220845 Type Yes
Bigio, N.C.; Justiniano, F.C.P.S.; Santiago, D. [1762] Brazil K001560166 Yes
Sasaki, D.; Zappi, D.C.; Henicka, G.S.; Frisby, S.; Pena, E.M.; Milliken, W.; Piva, J.H.; Antunes, R.L. [2392] Brazil K000579002 Yes

Sources

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • 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/
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    • 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

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0