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Guarea glabra

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Internal ID UUID64401f1dd25b6022171777
Scientific name Guarea glabra
Authority Vahl
First published in Eclog. Amer. 3: 8 (1807)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Guarea ciliata Al.Rodr. Lankesteriana 6: 105 (2006)
Carapa trijuga Willd. ex C.DC. Monogr. Phan. 1: 564 (1878)
Guarea filiformis var. cinerascens C.DC. Monogr. Phan. 1: 567 1878
Guarea filiformis var. pallida C.DC. Monogr. Phan. 1: 566 1878
Guarea fulva var. mexicana C.DC. Monogr. Phan. 1: 575 1878
Guarea humilis Bert. ex DC. Prodr. 1: 624 (1824)
Guarea lherminieri C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 571 (1894)
Guarea microcalyx Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 429 (1925)
Guarea obtusata S.F.Blake Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 33: 118 (1920)
Guarea pauciflora Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 92 (1894)
Guarea ramiflora Vent. Mem. Math. Phys. Inst. Nat. Fr. 1: 20 (1807)
Guarea schomburgkii C.DC. Monogr. Phan. 1: 565 (1878)
Guarea swartzii DC. Prodr. 1: 624 (1824)
Guarea syringoides C.H.Wright Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 3 (1906)
Guarea ternifoliola C.DC. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 68(6): 2 (1917)
Guarea tuerckheimii C.DC. ex Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 33: 250. 1902 , as 'Tuerckheimi'
Guarea vahliana A.Juss. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19: 240. 1831
Sapindus glabrescens Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 281 1841

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Language Common/alternative name
English alligatorwood

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Guarea glabra subsp. excelsa (Kunth) T.D.Penn. Edinburgh J. Bot. 70: 215 (2013)
Guarea glabra subsp. glabrescens (Hook. & Arn.) T.D.Penn. Edinburgh J. Bot. 70: 219 (2013)
Guarea glabra subsp. microcarpa (C.DC.) T.D.Penn. Edinburgh J. Bot. 70: 217 (2013)
Guarea glabra subsp. rovirosae (C.DC.) T.D.Penn. Edinburgh J. Bot. 70: 220 (2013)
Guarea glabra subsp. tuerckheimii (C.DC. ex Donn.Sm.) T.D.Penn. Edinburgh J. Bot. 70: 218 (2013)
Guarea glabra subsp. glabra

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Central American Pacific
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000710891
USDA Plants GUGL3
Tropicos 20400100
INPN 629787
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578602-1
The Plant List kew-2834009
Open Tree Of Life 815286
NCBI Taxonomy 43909
IUCN Red List 61798160
IPNI 578602-1
iNaturalist 209919
GBIF 3190505
EOL 581912
USDA GRIN 460885

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Decoding the leaf apical meristem of Guarea glabra Vahl (Meliaceae): insight into the evolution of indeterminate pinnate leaves Moriyama Y, Koga H, Tsukaya H Sci Rep 02-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10908829
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-55882-0
PMID:38431750
Post-Cyclization Skeletal Rearrangements in Plant Triterpenoid Biosynthesis by a Pair of Branchpoint Isomerases Chuang L, Liu S, Franke J J Am Chem Soc 23-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9999417
doi:10.1021/jacs.2c10838
PMID:36821810
Demographic trade-offs and functional shifts in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest Umaña MN, Needham J, Forero-Montaña J, Nytch CJ, Swenson NG, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Zimmerman JK Ann Bot 25-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC10457028
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad004
PMID:36702550
Testing the effectiveness of rbcLa DNA-barcoding for species discrimination in tropical montane cloud forest vascular plants (Oaxaca, Mexico) using BLAST, genetic distance, and tree-based methods Trujillo-Argueta S, del Castillo RF, Velasco-Murguía A PeerJ 16-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9390329
doi:10.7717/peerj.13771
PMID:35990900
Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal are diverse and pervasive Schupp EW, Zwolak R, Jones LR, Snell RS, Beckman NG, Aslan C, Cavazos BR, Effiom E, Fricke EC, Montaño-Centellas F, Poulsen J, Razafindratsima OH, Sandor ME, Shea K AoB Plants 14-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6914678
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plz067
PMID:31857875
The Translation Inhibitor Rocaglamide Targets a Biomolecular Cavity between eIF4A and Polypurine RNA Iwasaki S, Iwasaki W, Takahashi M, Sakamoto A, Watanabe C, Shichino Y, Floor SN, Fujiwara K, Mito M, Dodo K, Sodeoka M, Imataka H, Honma T, Fukuzawa K, Ito T, Ingolia NT Mol Cell 27-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC6386617
doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2018.11.026
PMID:30595437
Classification of CITES-listed and other neotropical Meliaceae wood images using convolutional neural networks Ravindran P, Costa A, Soares R, Wiedenhoeft AC Plant Methods 23-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5865295
doi:10.1186/s13007-018-0292-9
PMID:29588649
Using worldwide edaphic data to model plant species niches: An assessment at a continental extent Velazco SJ, Galvão F, Villalobos F, De Marco Júnior P PLoS One 19-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5648144
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186025
PMID:29049298
Plant management and biodiversity conservation in Náhuatl homegardens of the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico Larios C, Casas A, Vallejo M, Moreno-Calles AI, Blancas J J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 06-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC3827996
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-74
PMID:24195962
Evaluation of Forest Recovery over Time and Space Using Permanent Plots Monitored over 30 Years in a Jamaican Montane Rain Forest Chai SL, Healey JR, Tanner EV PLoS One 14-Nov-2012
PMCID:PMC3498249
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048859
PMID:23155417
Sleeping Sites and Latrines of Spider Monkeys in Continuous and Fragmented Rainforests: Implications for Seed Dispersal and Forest Regeneration González-Zamora A, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Oyama K, Sork V, Chapman CA, Stoner KE PLoS One 08-Oct-2012
PMCID:PMC3466201
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046852
PMID:23056486
Wood Consumption by Geoffroyi’s Spider Monkeys and Its Role in Mineral Supplementation Chaves OM, Stoner KE, Ángeles-Campos S, Arroyo-Rodríguez V PLoS One 28-Sep-2011
PMCID:PMC3182180
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025070
PMID:21969868
The road from Santa Rosalia: A faster tempo of evolution in tropical climates Wright S, Keeling J, Gillman L Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 03-May-2006
PMCID:PMC1472511
doi:10.1073/pnas.0510383103
PMID:16672371

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