Asteraceae
Piptocoma

Piptocoma discolor (Kunth) Pruski

First published in Novon 6: 97 (1996)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to Peru and N. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as animal food, a medicine and food for bees.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Robinson, H. & Funk, V. (2018). 190(1). Compositae-Vernonieae. Flora of Ecuador 94: 1-128. Gothenburg University.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2014 Spruce, R. [3939] Peru K000200502 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 2014 Spruce, R. [3939] Peru K000200503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Callejas, R.; Betancur, J.; Roldán, F.J. [4723] Colombia K001479428 Yes
Pipoly, J.; Ramírez, J.; Arias, J.; Alvarez, O.; Muñoz, G.; Ramírez, F. [18178] Colombia K001553384 Yes
Ducke, A. [398] Brazil K000964654 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000964653 Yes
Peru K000047827 Yes
Peru K000047828 Yes
Peru K000047829 Yes
Peru K000047830 Yes
Peru K000047831 Yes
Peru K000047833 Yes
Colombia K001479419 Yes
Colombia K001479420 Yes
Colombia K001479421 Yes
Colombia K001479422 Yes
Colombia K001479423 Yes
Colombia K001479424 Yes
Colombia K001479425 Yes
Colombia K001479426 Yes
Colombia K001479427 Yes
Colombia K001479429 Yes
Colombia K001479430 Yes
Colombia K001479431 Yes
Ecuador K001479432 Yes
Ecuador K001479433 Yes
Ecuador K001479434 Yes
Ecuador K001479435 Yes
Ecuador K001479436 Yes
Ecuador K001479437 Yes
Ecuador K001479438 Yes
Ecuador K001479439 Yes
Ecuador K001479440 Yes
Ecuador K001479441 Yes
Peru K001479442 Yes
Peru K001479443 Yes
Peru K001479444 Yes
Peru K001479445 Yes
Peru K001479446 Yes
Peru K001479447 Yes
Peru K001479448 Yes
Peru K001479449 Yes
Nov 1, 1987 Seemann [1585] Colombia Pollalesta discolor K000497143 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Seeman [1585] Peru Pollalesta discolor K000497131 Type Yes

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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