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Taxon: Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Müll. Arg.

Genus: Hevea
Family: Euphorbiaceae subfamily: Crotonoideae tribe: Micrandreae subtribe: Heveinae.
Nomen number: 18974
Place of publication: Linnaea 34:204. 1865
Name verified on: 21-Feb-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Sep-2002
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 24 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • hevea   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • natural rubber   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 18:73) – English
  • Para rubber   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 18:73) – English
  • rubbertree   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • arbre de Para   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • caoutchouc   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 18:73) – French
  • hévéa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • echter Federharzbaum   (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
  • Hevea   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • Parakautschukbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • seringueira   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • seringueira-branca   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • pau-moeda   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • pau-seringa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • seringueira-rosada   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • seringueira-roxa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • seringueira-verdadeira   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • árbol del caucho   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • cauchotero de Pará   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • jebe   (Source: Names Soukup ) – Spanish
  • siringa   (Source: Names Soukup ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil - Amapa, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Para
    Western South America: Bolivia - Beni [n.]; Colombia - Amazonas; Peru - Huanuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martin

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated elsewhere

References:

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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Müll. Arg.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?18974 (09 February 2010)

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