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Taxon:
Heteropsis flexuosa
(Kunth) G. S. Bunting
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Heteropsis
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Monsteroideae
Tribe:
Heteropsideae
Nomen number:
406982
Place of publication:
Revista Fac. Agron. (Maracay) 10:201. 1979
Verified:
11/27/1996
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
Pothos flexuosus
Kunth
No images
Reference(s)
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Hoffman, B.
1996. Economic botany of nibbi,
Heteropsis flexuosa
(Kunth) Bunting (Araceae): a root fiber product in Guyana, South America. Amer. J. Bot. 83(6 suppl.):68.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Note:
abstract
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Vásquez Martínez, R. et al.
2002. Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2):53.
Common names
Guyanese
nibbi –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Roraima
probably
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Bolivar
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
Native
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
[Amazonas, Bolivar]
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Roraima (probably)]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Materials
fiber
aerial roots used for basketry, furniture, etc.
Hoffman, B.
1996. Economic botany of nibbi,
Heteropsis flexuosa
(Kunth) Bunting (Araceae): a root fiber product in Guyana, South America. Amer. J. Bot. 83(6 suppl.):68.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Note:
abstract
Name
References