Malvaceae
Corchorus

Corchorus orinocensis Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 337 (1823)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Mexican Pacific Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Levin, G.A. & Moran, R. (1989). The vascular flora of isla Socorro, Mexico: 1-71. Dept. of Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • van Proosdij, A.S.J. (2012). Arnoldo's Zakflora, ed. 4: 1-318. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Corchorus hirtus.]
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín. [Cited as Corchorus hirtus.]

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Levin, G.A. & Moran, R. (1989). The vascular flora of isla Socorro, Mexico: 1-71. Dept. of Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • van Proosdij, A.S.J. (2012). Arnoldo's Zakflora, ed. 4: 1-318. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.

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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Smith, H.H. [1692] Colombia K001486347 Yes
Hill, S.R. [12892] Brazil K001209669 Yes
Ule, E. [8214] Brazil K001209670 Yes
Howell, J.H. [8734] Ecuador K001486298 Yes
Smith, H.H. [1691] Colombia K001486346 Yes
Milliken, W. [52] Brazil K001209667 Yes
Ule, E. [7737] Brazil K001209668 Yes
Spruce, R. [4289] Peru K000110438 Yes
Spruce, R. [4289] Peru K000110440 Yes
Philcox, D. [3720] Brazil K001209666 Yes
Peru K000110435 Yes
Peru K000110436 Yes
Peru K000110437 Yes
Peru K000110439 Yes
Peru K000110441 Yes
Peru K000110442 Yes
Peru K000110443 Yes
Peru K000110444 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001486298 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001486299 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001486300 Yes
Colombia K001486301 Yes
Peru K001486302 Yes
Peru K001486303 Yes
Ecuador K001486304 Yes
Ecuador K001486305 Yes
Peru K001486306 Yes
Panama K001486344 Yes
Colombia K001486345 Yes
Colombia K001486348 Yes
Colombia K001486349 Yes
Colombia K001486350 Yes
Colombia K001486352 Yes
Venezuela K001486353 Yes
Venezuela K001486354 Yes
Venezuela K001486355 Yes
Nov 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Henicka, G.S.; André, T.J.C.; Piva, J.H. [1537] Brazil Corchorus argutus K000447347 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Barbosa, E. [56970] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209622 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Hopkins, M.J.G. [891] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209620 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Barbosa, E. [56493] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209623 Yes
Baird, J. [s.n.] Corchorus argutus K001209628 Yes
Purdie [s.n.] Colombia Corchorus argutus K001486324 Yes
Riedel [333] Brazil Corchorus argutus K000381838 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lindeman, J.C. [1683] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209627 Yes
Schomburgk [675] Guyana Corchorus argutus K000381840 Type Yes
Lima, J. [769] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209624 Yes
Philcox, D. [3833] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209621 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209626 Yes
Schomburgk [s.n.] Guyana Corchorus argutus K000381839 Type Yes
Tweedie [318] Corchorus argutus K001209629 Yes
Arbo, M.M.; Jardim, J.G.; Ferrucci, M.S.; Sant´Ana, S.C. [7214] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209630 Yes
Eiten, G. [3950] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209618 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G. [586] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209625 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W. [5837] Brazil Corchorus argutus K001209619 Yes
Purdie [s.n.] Corchorus argutus K001486324 Yes
Colombia Corchorus argutus K001486325 Yes
Colombia Corchorus argutus K001486326 Yes
Colombia Corchorus argutus K001486327 Yes
Colombia Corchorus argutus K001486328 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/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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