Bixa orellana

Bixa orellana

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 orellana

Bixa orellana L.

Homotypic
- Bixa tinctaria Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 369 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Orellana orellana (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 9 (1898), not validly publ.

Heterotypic
- Bixa orleana Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 8 (1790), orth. var.
- Bixa americana Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 229 (1804).
- Bixa purpurea Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 33 (1826).
- Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 295 (1831).
- Bixa acuminata Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 20 (1837), not validly publ.
- Orellana americana (Poir.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891).
- Orellana americana var. leiocarpa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 45 (1891).
- Orellana americana var. normalis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 45 (1891), not validly publ.
- Bixa upatensis Ram.Goyena, Fl. Nicarag. 1: 217 (1909).
- Bixa orellana f. leiocarpa (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 14(4): 11 (1941).
- Bixa orellana var. leiocarpa (Kuntze) Standl. & L.O.Williams, Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 358 (1961).
- Bixa katangensis Delpierre, Taxon 19: 304 (1970).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- - Argentina (Chaco, Cordoba, Formosa, Salta), S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Amambay, Central, Cordillera, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes), Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira), N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo), Galapagos Isl., Peru, Ecuador, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlntico, Bolvar, Boyac, Caldas, Caquet, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, Risaralda, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vaups, Vichada), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Continental: Northern America
- - Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, etc.)

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bixa orellana in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May. 03.

Hassler, M. 2019. Bixa orellana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May. 03.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bixa orellana. Published online. Accessed May. 03 2019.

The Plant List 2013. Bixa orellana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May. 03.

Tropicos.org 2019. Bixa orellana . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May. 03.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bixa orellana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

English: Achiote
suomi: Annatto
français: Roucou
Tagalog: Atsuwete

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