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Taxon: Guettarda scabra (L.) Vent.

 
Genus: Guettarda
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Guettardeae
Nomen number: 312761
Place of publication: Choix pl. t. 1. 1803
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 22-Mar-2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

  • firefly  (Source: F PR ed2) - English
  • pigeon bay  (Source: F LAnt) - English
  • pigeon-fat  (Source: F LAnt) - English
  • rough velvetseed  (Source: F Florida) - English
  • white allee  (Source: F LAnt) - English
  • bois madame  (Source: F LAnt) - French
  • bois noir  (Source: F LAnt) - French
  • bois savane  (Source: F LAnt) - French
  • bon savage  (Source: F LAnt) - French
  • cucubano  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish
  • palo de cucubano  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish
  • palo de dajao  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish
  • serrazuela  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish
  • velvet-berry  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (s.)]

    Southern America
    • CARIBBEAN: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, [Saba, St. Eustatius] St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, United States, [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S.] Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola, Virgin Gorda]
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela (n.)
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia


References:

  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
  2. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  3. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  4. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba Note: lists as Guettarda scabra Lam.
  5. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
  6. Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
  7. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1991. Flora of Dominica, Part 2: Dicotyledonae. Smithsonian contributions to botany vol. 77.
  8. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida

Check other web resources for Guettarda scabra (L.) Vent. :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=312761. Accessed 6 July 2024.