Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Gomphia mexicana Bonpl. in Humb. & Bonpl., Pl. Aequinoct. 2(10): 21, t. 74. 1809.

• Homotypic
  • Ochna mexicana (Bonpl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 106. 1891.
  • Ouratella mexicana (Bonpl.) Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(6): 193. (Jun) 1902. – Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8(5): 375. (Jun) 1902. – Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 289(–290). (Dec) 1902.

• Heterotypic
  • Ouratea pallida Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23(3): 820. 1923.

Primary references

• Engler, A. 1876. Ochnaceae, Anacardiaceae, Sabiaceae, Rhizophoraceae. Cols. 297–432, tt. 62–91 in Martius, C.F.P. de (†) & Eichler, A.G. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. XII, pars II. Fasc. LXXI. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 

• Humboldt, A. & Bonpland, A. 1808–1817 ["1813"]. Plantae Aequinoctiales, per regnum Mexici, in provinciis Caracarum et Novae Andalusiae, in Peruvianorum, Quitensium, Novae Granatae Andibus, ad Orenoci, Fluvii Nigri, Fluminis Amazonum ripas nascentes. Tomus 2. 191 pp., tt. 66–140. F. Schoell, Paris. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 

• Standley, P.C. 1923. Trees and shrubs of Mexico (Oxalidaceae–Turneraceae). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(3): I–III, 517–848, V–XXVIII. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 

• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Constitution nouvelle de la famille des Ochnacées. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 16: 181–212. BHL Reference page. 

• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Quelques genres nouveaux d'Ochnacées. Constitution actuelle de la famille. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 8: 371–381. BHL Reference page. 

• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Sur les Ochnacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 8, 16: 161–416. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dwyer, J.D. 1967. Family 119. Ochnaceae. In Woodson, R.E., Jr., Schery, R.W. & Collaborators, Flora of Panama, part VI. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 54: 25–40. BHL Reference page. 

• McVaugh, R. 2001. Ochnaceae. Pp. 9–15 in Flora Novo-Galiciana. A descriptive account of the vascular plants of Western Mexico, Vol. 3, Ochnaceae to Loasaceae. The University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor. ISBN 0-9620733-5-0. Reference page. 

• Morales, J.F. 2007. Ochnaceae. Pp. 805–813 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page. 

• Riley, L.A.M. 1924. The Mexican and Central American species of Ouratea. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1924: 101–111. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Sastre, C. 1988. Studies on the flora of the Guianas 34. Synopsis generis Ouratea Aublet (Ochnaceae). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – section B, Adansonia: Botanique, Phytochimie 10: 47–67. BHL Reference page. 

• Sastre, C. & Offroy, B. 2016. Révision nomenclaturale des binômes du genre néotropical Ouratea Aublet (Ochnaceae) décrits par Van Tieghem. Adansonia, série 3, 38: 55–98. DOI: 10.5252/a2016n1a5 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ouratea mexicana. Published online. Accessed 28 May 2017.

• Tropicos.org 2017. Ouratea mexicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 28 May 2017.

• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Ouratea mexicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 28 May 2017.