Urticaceae
Boehmeria

Boehmeria caudata Sw.

First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 34 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to 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

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Jamaica

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K., Rodríguez Delcid, D. & Olmedo Galán, P. (2016). Nova Silva Cuscatlantica. Parte 3: Angiospermae - Familias R a Z y Gymnospermae. Englera 29(3): 1-356.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 28, 2023 Ponce Vargas, A.; Rodríguez Arévalo, N.I.; Alvarez Lara, J.; López Carrera, M.; Andrade Domínguez, T.; Isalas Tello, L.A. [APV 1870] Mexico K009001417 No
Jan 1, 2008 Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T. [1168] Bolivia K000295010 No
Oct 12, 2005 Wood, J.R.I. [18657] Bolivia K000036530 No
Jun 1, 2002 Groppo, M., Jr. [872] Brazil K000973458 Yes
Apr 1, 2001 Lobão, A.Q. [549] Brazil K000973456 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Lindeman, J.C.; Girardi, A.M.; Porto, M.L.; Valls, J.F.M. [ICN9202] Brazil K000973459 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Duarte, A.P. [s.n.] Brazil K000973436 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [11708] Brazil K000973444 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [4923] Brazil K000973420 Yes
Miers, J. [3178] Brazil K000973448 Yes
Gardner [5182] Brazil K000973454 Yes
Dusén, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000973430 Yes
Reitz; Klein [7250] Brazil K000973440 Yes
Miers, J. [s.n.] Brazil K000973447 Yes
Rambo, B. [46366] Brazil K000973441 Yes
Glaziou [9592] Brazil K000973450 Yes
Cuezzo, P. [1617] Brazil K000973439 Yes
Ferrucci, M.S.; Dematteis, M.; Meza Torres, E.I.; Avalos, A.A. [3474] Argentina K001532907 Yes
Dusén, P. [17421] Brazil K000973442 Yes
Palmer, E. [419] Mexico K000575741 Type Yes
Usteri, P.A. [316b] Brazil K000973427 Yes
Burchell [3441] Brazil K000973421 Yes
Pimenta, J.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000973455 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Brazil K000973428 Yes
Ferreira, V.F. [1849] Brazil K000973457 Yes
Glaziou [15425.a] Brazil K000973451 Yes
Tweedie [1264] K000973449 Yes
Saint-Hilaire [A.476] Brazil K000973446 Yes
Glaziou, A. [776] Brazil K000973423 Yes
Rambo, B. [46366] Brazil K000973438 Yes
Tessmann, G. [6076] Brazil K000973435 Yes
Gardner [5782] Brazil K000973453 Yes
Glaziou, A. [1558] Brazil K000973424 Yes
Lourteig, A. [2372] Brazil K000973432 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Brazil K000973429 Yes
Burchell [3522] Brazil K000973422 Yes
Dusén, P. [14316] Brazil K000973443 Yes
Sellow [2155] Brazil K000973425 Yes
Gardner [234] Brazil K000973452 Yes
Lindeman, J.C. [3328] Brazil K000973434 Yes
Usteri, A. [315b] Brazil K000973426 Yes
Mosén [349] Brazil K000973433 Yes
Rambo, B. [48895] Brazil K000973437 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [5058] Brazil K000973445 Yes
Glaziou, A. [3116] Brazil K000973431 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • 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/
    • © 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

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