Cordia acutifolia

Cordia acutifolia

Cordia acutifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cordioideae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia acutifolia

Name

Cordia acutifolia Fresen., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 8(1): 11 (–12) (1857)

• ⧼Syntypi⧽: F. Sellow 744 et 1203 (in flower; B [monochrome photocopy at F /F0BN000955^{(GBIF1, GBIF2, JSTOR)}/]; GH 00095084^{(GBIF, JSTOR)})
• Type locality: Brasilia [= BRAZIL]. [No locality given.]

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Lithocardium acutifolium (Fresen.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 976 (1891)
  • Gerascanthus acutifolius (Fresen.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 34(3–4): 398 (1988)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil Southeast (Espírito Santo). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fresenius, G. 1857. Cordiaceae, Heliotropieae, Borragineae. pp. 1–64, tt. 1–13. In: Martius, C.F.P. de (ed.), Flora Brasiliensis sive Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas cura musei Caes. Reg. Palat. Vindobonensis suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas sub Auspiciis Ferdinandi I. Austriae Imperatoris et Ludovici I. Bavariae Regis, Vol. VIII, pars I. Fasc. XIX. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 
• Johnston, I.M. 1930. Studies in the Boraginaceae,--VIII. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 92: 1, 3–95. JSTOR BHL Reference page.  [see page 57.]
• Borhidi, A., Gondár, E. & Orosz-Kovács, Z. 1988. The reconsideration of the genus Cordia L. Acta Botanica Hungarica 34(3–4): 375–423. Arcanum Digitheca EurekaMag Reference page. 

Links

• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• IUCN: Cordia acutifolia Fresen. (Least Concern) - Assessed by E. Fernandez, M. Moraes, G. Martinelli & M. Stapf on 1 November 2018 and published in 2021.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cordia acutifolia. Accessed: 2023 January 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cordia acutifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cordia acutifolia. Published online. Accessed: 16 January 2023.
• Stapf, M.N.S. 2023. Cordia acutifolia. In: Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 16 January 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cordia acutifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 January 2023.

Vernacular names

português: Baba-de-boi

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