Cyatheaceae
Cyathea

Cyathea caracasana (Klotzsch) Domin

First published in Pteridophyta: 262 (1929)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central America to Guyana and N. Peru, Greater Antilles. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Reyes-Chávez, J., Tarvin, S. & Batke, S.P. (2021). Ferns and Lycophytes of Honduras: A new annotated checklist. Phytotaxa 506: 1-113.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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 of Boyacá Project

  • Carvajal, L., Ariza, W., Caro, L., Valero, N. (2014). Especies forestales representativas del Sur Oriente de Boyacá. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
  • Florez-Cárdenas, G., Núñez-Izquierdo, O. L., Núñez-Izquierdo, M. M., Ramírez-Mesa, M., & Zusunaga-Quintana, J. A. (2010). 100 Plantas útiles del páramo del Rabanal: Guía para comunidades rurales. Bogotá: Instituto Alexander von Humboldt - CAR - Corpoboyac
  • Galvis-Rueda, M., Morales, M.E. (2010). Páramos de Boyacá, Flora representativa. (1st ed.). Tunja Corporación Autónoma Regional de Boyacá.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Reyes-Chávez, J., Tarvin, S. & Batke, S.P. (2021). Ferns and Lycophytes of Honduras: A new annotated checklist. Phytotaxa 506: 1-113.

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
  • CITES (2021). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • 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?
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589927 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589935 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589935 No
Jul 30, 2009 Ecuador K000589934 No
Jul 30, 2009 Ecuador K000589933 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589932 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589931 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589930 No
Jul 30, 2009 Venezuela K000589929 No
Jul 30, 2009 Venezuela K000589929 No
Jul 30, 2009 Venezuela K000589929 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589926 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589928 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589921 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589919 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589919 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589919 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589920 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589920 No
Jul 30, 2009 Venezuela K000589929 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589921 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589922 No
Jul 30, 2009 Ecuador K000589923 No
Jul 30, 2009 Ecuador K000589924 No
Jul 30, 2009 Colombia K000589925 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589766 No
Jul 17, 2009 Jamaica K000589767 No
Jan 7, 2009 Ecuador K000575408 No
Jan 7, 2009 Ecuador K000575407 No
Jan 1, 1974 Sherring, R.V. [s.n.] Jamaica K000589766 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Sherring, R.V. [s.n.] Jamaica K000589767 Type Yes
Sodiro [[515]] Ecuador K000589924 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kalbreyer [608] Colombia K000589931 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [3482] Colombia K000589930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sodiro [s.n.] Ecuador K000589923 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moritz [117 et 394] Colombia K000589926 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buschel [s.n.] Venezuela K000589929 Type Yes
Moritz [117 & 394] Colombia K000589927 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sodiro, A. [[216]] Ecuador K000589933 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mettenius [117 et 394] Colombia K000589925 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lindig [285] Colombia K000589928 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kalbreyer [608] Colombia K000589932 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sodiro, A. [s.n.] Ecuador K000589934 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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/

  • 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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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