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Taxon: Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl) D. Don

Genus: Brunfelsia
Family: Solanaceae subfamily: Petunioideae.
Nomen number: 400192
Place of publication: Edinburgh New Philos. J. 7:85. 1829
Name verified on: 24-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Mar-2004
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • manacá   (Source: S. Knapp, p.c.) – Portuguese

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
    Northern South America: Guyana; Venezuela - Bolivar, Carabobo, Guarico, Nueva Esparta
    Brazil: Brazil - Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Goias, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, Sao Paulo
    Western South America: Bolivia - Cochabamba, Santa Cruz
    Southern South America: Argentina - Jujuy, Salta

References:

  • Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. (L Guianas ed2)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Knapp, S. D. 1994. pers. comm. [re. common names].
  • L. d'A. Freire de Varvalho. 1997. Diversidade taxônomica das Solanáceas no estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) - I. Albertoa 4:252.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Plowman, T. C. et al. 1995. A revision of the South American species of Brunfelsia (Solanaceae). Fieldiana, Bot. 39:113–119.
  • Plowman, T. 1979. The genus Brunsfelsia: a conspectus of the taxonomy and biogeography. In: Hawkes, J. G. et al., eds., The biology and taxonomy of the Solanacae. (Biol Solan) 488.
  • Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1966. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin) 306.
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl) D. Don:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • 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.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • 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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?400192 (09 February 2010)

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