Lythraceae
Cuphea

Cuphea micrantha Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 196 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Jalisco, Chiapas) to Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

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.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • 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.
  • Facco, M.G. & Cavalcanti, T.B. (2023). Taxonomic Revision of Cuphea sect. Trispermum s.l. (Lythraceae). Phytotaxa 588: 1-67.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • 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.

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

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • 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.
  • Facco, M.G. & Cavalcanti, T.B. (2023). Taxonomic Revision of Cuphea sect. Trispermum s.l. (Lythraceae). Phytotaxa 588: 1-67.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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 Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2011 Wood, J.R.I.; Soto, D. [27120] Bolivia K000567233 No
Jan 1, 2011 Wood, J.R.I., et al. [27453] Bolivia K000567326 No
Jan 1, 2011 Wood, J.R.I.; Soto. [27367] Bolivia K000567327 No
Oct 1, 1997 Burchell, W.J. [8676] Brazil K001066441 Yes
Oct 1, 1997 Burchell, W.J. [8676] Brazil K001066679 Yes
Oct 5, 1989 Macedo, A. [4090] Brazil K001066429 Yes
Mar 1, 1976 Philcox, D.; Onishi, E. [4335] Brazil K001066443 Yes
Mar 1, 1971 Philcox, D.; Fereira, A. [4095] Brazil K001066442 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F., da [23966] Brazil K001066430 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F., da [24465] Brazil K001066431 Yes
Mar 1, 1970 Philcox, D. [3987] Brazil K001066435 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F., da [23308] Brazil K001066433 Yes
Jan 1, 1957 Lima, A. [53-1349] Brazil K001066436 Yes
Apr 1, 1902 Gardner, G. [3715] Brazil K001066434 Yes
Gardner, G. [1839] Brazil K001066437 Yes
Gardner, G. [3149] Brazil K001066444 Yes
Gardner, G. [1004] Brazil K001066428 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001066439 Yes
Gardner, G. [3149] Brazil K001066445 Yes
Ule, E. [7855] Brazil K001066440 Yes
Gardner, G. [2167] Brazil K001066438 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [97413] Brazil K001066432 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R.S. [15350] Brazil K001066427 Yes
Wright, C. [2538] Cuba K000533004 Type Yes
Oct 5, 1989 Philcox, D.; Fereira, A. [3877] Brazil Cuphea micrantha var. longeciliata K001066448 Yes
Oct 5, 1989 Gifford, D.R. [G/113] Brazil Cuphea micrantha var. longeciliata K001066446 Yes
Oct 5, 1989 Philcox, D.; Fereira, A. [4397] Brazil Cuphea micrantha var. longeciliata K001066447 Yes
Oct 5, 1989 Philcox, D.; Fereira, A. [4379] Brazil Cuphea micrantha var. longeciliata K001066449 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