Hedyosmum mexicanum - Unknown
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Internal ID UUID64401fce3bd66614794596
Scientific name Hedyosmum mexicanum
Authority Cordem. ex Baill.
First published in Adansonia 3: 307 (1863)

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Hedyosmum mexicanum is a plant species in the Chloranthaceae family, found in Guatemala and Mexico. It is a dioecious plant that can grow up to 12 meters in height and is threatened by habitat loss. It has opposite leaves and produces edible fruits year-round. The plant is used for its lumber and the leaves can be used to make tea. It is found in wet mountain forests and pine forests at elevations of 1,100 to 2,900 meters. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to threats from agriculture, logging, and harvesting for wood. It is known by various names including Plantanillo, Mazoro, and Palo de agua.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Tafallaea mexicana (C.Cordem.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 565 1891
Tafallaea artocarpus (Solms) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 565 1891
Tafalla artocarpus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 566. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Tafalla mexicana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 566. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Hedyosmum artocarpus Solms Prodr. 16(1): 485 (1869)

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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000716665
Tropicos 7300015
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167876-1
The Plant List kew-2840911
Open Tree Of Life 626081
NCBI Taxonomy 487126
IUCN Red List 38920
IPNI 167876-1
iNaturalist 193244
GBIF 3750498
Freebase /m/02x9j8h
Wikipedia Hedyosmum_mexicanum
PaleoBotany 11052

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The Widened Pipe Model of plant hydraulic evolution Koçillari L, Olson ME, Suweis S, Rocha RP, Lovison A, Cardin F, Dawson TE, Echeverría A, Fajardo A, Lechthaler S, Martínez-Pérez C, Marcati CR, Chung KF, Rosell JA, Segovia-Rivas A, Williams CB, Petrone-Mendoza E, Rinaldo A, Anfodillo T, Banavar JR, Maritan A Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 26-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8179198
doi:10.1073/pnas.2100314118
PMID:34039710
The Emergence of Earliest Angiosperms may be Earlier than Fossil Evidence Indicates Salomo K, Smith JF, Feild TS, Samain MS, Bond L, Davidson C, Zimmers J, Neinhuis C, Wanke S Syst Bot 18-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5792071
doi:10.1600/036364417X696438
PMID:29398773
Bat-Fruit Interactions Are More Specialized in Shaded-Coffee Plantations than in Tropical Mountain Cloud Forest Fragments Hernández-Montero JR, Saldaña-Vázquez RA, Galindo-González J, Sosa VJ PLoS One 18-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4436294
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126084
PMID:25992550
Composition of the essential oils from leaves and fruits of threeHedyosmum species from Costa Rica Marisa Mundina, Roser Vila, Felix Tomi, Jos� F Cicci�, Carles Iba�ez, Tom�s Adzet, Joseph Casanova, Salvador Ca�igueral Wiley 27-Jan-2005
doi:10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Branched unsaturated hydrocarbons
gamma-Terpinene 7461 Click to see CC1=CCC(=CC1)C(C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
beta-OCIMENE, (3E)- 5281553 Click to see CC(=CCC=C(C)C=C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
Linalool, (+/-)- 6549 Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Aromatic monoterpenoids
p-CYMENE 7463 Click to see CC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C)C 134.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
(1R)-2-methyl-5-propan-2-ylbicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-ene 6451618 Click to see CC1=CCC2(C1C2)C(C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
alpha-PINENE 6654 Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
beta-Pinene 14896 Click to see CC1(C2CCC(=C)C1C2)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
Bicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-ene, 2-methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)- 17868 Click to see CC1=CCC2(C1C2)C(C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
(+)-Menthone 443159 Click to see CC1CCC(C(=O)C1)C(C)C 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
p-Menthan-3-one 6986 Click to see CC1CCC(C(=O)C1)C(C)C 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
Pulegone 442495 Click to see CC1CCC(=C(C)C)C(=O)C1 152.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Elemane sesquiterpenoids
Beta-Elemene 6918391 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC(C(C1)C(=C)C)(C)C=C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Germacrane sesquiterpenoids
(S,1Z,6Z)-8-Isopropyl-1-methyl-5-methylenecyclodeca-1,6-diene 91723653 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
Furanodiene 9601230 Click to see CC1=CCC2=C(CC(=CCC1)C)OC=C2C 216.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I
Isofuranodiene 636458 Click to see CC1=CCC2=C(CC(=CCC1)C)OC=C2C 216.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200005/06)15:3<201::AID-FFJ893>3.0.CO;2-I

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