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Taxon:
Coutarea hexandra
(Jacq.) K. Schum.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Coutarea
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Cinchonoideae
Tribe:
Chiococceae
Nomen number:
11878
Place of publication:
C. F. P. von Martius, Fl. bras. 6(6):196. 1889
Verified:
03/06/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Portlandia hexandra
Jacq.
No images
Reference(s)
Balick, M. J. et al.
2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Boggan, J. et al.
1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds.
1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Lorence, D. H.
1999. A nomenclator of Mexican and Central American Rubiaceae. A nomenclator of Mexican and Central American Rubiaceae 73:44.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
Spanish
niño muerto –
Reference(s)
quina blanca –
Reference(s)
quinita –
Reference(s)
zalas –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Chiapas]
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Paraguay
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Medicines
folklore
Balick, M. J. et al.
2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References