Rhamnaceae
Frangula

Frangula sphaerosperma (Sw.) Kartesz & Gandhi

First published in Phytologia 76: 450 (1994)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Cuba, Jamaica, S. Mexico, Costa Rica to NW. Argentina. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Rhamnus sphaerosperma.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 11, 2008 Colombia Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537311 No
Jul 11, 2008 Colombia Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537312 No
Jul 11, 2008 Bolivia Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537313 No
Jul 11, 2008 Venezuela Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537315 No
Jul 11, 2008 Venezuela Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537315 No
Jul 11, 2008 Paraguay Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537317 No
Jul 11, 2008 Paraguay Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537317 No
Jul 11, 2008 Bolivia Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537314 No
Jul 11, 2008 Brazil Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537320 No
Jul 11, 2008 Brazil Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537319 No
Jul 11, 2008 Brazil Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537319 No
Jul 11, 2008 Puerto Rico Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537322 No
Jul 11, 2008 Brazil Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537318 No
Jul 11, 2008 Brazil Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537321 No
Jul 11, 2008 Brazil Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000537320 No
Oct 6, 2004 Peru Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000110037 No
Oct 6, 2004 Ecuador Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000201279 No
Oct 6, 2004 Ecuador Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000201277 No
Oct 6, 2004 Peru Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000110487 No
Oct 6, 2004 Ecuador Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000201280 No
Oct 6, 2004 Ecuador Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000201280 No
Oct 6, 2004 Ecuador Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000201280 No
Oct 6, 2004 Ecuador Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000201280 No
Oct 6, 2004 Ecuador Rhamnus sphaerosperma K000201281 No

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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