Taxon:
Macleania rupestris (Kunth) A. C. Sm.
Summary
Place of publication:
Phytologia 1:131. 1935
Verified:
07/03/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:254-261.
- Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
- IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
- Luteyn, J. L. 1997. A review of and taxonomic realignments within the neotropical genus Macleania (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae). In: Dorr, L. J. & B. Stergios D. (eds.), John J. Wurdack Festschrift. BioLlania, Ed. Espec. 6:463.
- Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
Spanish (Colombia)
uva camarona – uvo – Spanish (Ecuador)
hualicón llucho – joyapa – Spanish (Venezuela)
caragüito –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | Cartago | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | San José | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | w. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | Chiriquí | w. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | w. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Boyacá | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Huila | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Magdalena | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Nariño | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Santander | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Azuay | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Bolívar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Cañar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Carchi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Chimborazo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Cotopaxi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | El Oro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Imbabura | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Loja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Morona Santiago | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Napo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pichincha | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Sucumbíos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Tungurahua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Zamora Chinchipe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Pasco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Piura | |
Native
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica [Cartago, San José], Nicaragua (w.), Panama [Chiriquí (w.)]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela (w.)
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia [Boyacá, Huila, Magdalena, Santander, Nariño], Ecuador [Azuay, Bolívar, Cañar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Imbabura, Loja, Morona Santiago, Napo, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Zamora Chinchipe, Sucumbíos], Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca, Pasco, Piura]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | potential as fruit | | Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:254-261. |