Bixa urucurana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Bixaceae
Genus: Bixa
Species: Bixa urucurana

Bixa urucurana Willd., Enum. Pl. 1: 565. 1809.

Homotypic
- Bixa orellana var. urucurana (Willd.) Kuntze ex Pilg., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 21: 315. 1925.
- Orellana americana var. urucurana (Willd.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 45. 1891.

Heterotypic
- Bixa sphaerocarpa Triana, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 5: 369. 1858.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Boyac, Caquet, Casanare, Cesar, Choc, Guaviare, Meta, Putumayo, Valle, Vichada), Guyana, Surinam, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico (Chiapas)

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bixa urucurana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Bixa urucurana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bixa urucurana. Published online. Accessed: May 03 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Bixa urucurana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 03.
Tropicos.org 2019. Bixa urucurana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bixa urucurana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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