Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Gomphia lucens Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 7(33): 249. 1825.

• Homotypic
  • Ochna lucens (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 106. 1891.
  • Cercouratea lucens (Kunth) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 271. 1902.

• Heterotypic
  • Ouratea guatemalensis Engl., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 345. 1876.
  • Gomphia guatemalensis (Engl.) S.Watson in W.T.Brigham, Guatemala, Land Quetzal: 426. 1887.
  • Ochna guatemalensis (Engl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 106. 1891.
  • Stenouratea wrightii Tiegh., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8(7): (543–)544. (Dec) 1902. (as St. Wrighti) – Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 219(–220). (Dec) 1902. (as Stenouratea Wrighti)
  • Ouratea isthmica L.Riley, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924(3): 108(–109). 1924.
  • Ouratea peckii L.Riley, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924(3): 109. 1924. (as Ouratea Peckii)
  • Ouratea stenobotrys L.Riley, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924(3): 109(–110). 1924.
  • Ouratea wrightii (Tiegh.) L.Riley, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924(3): 110(–111). 1924. (as Ouratea Wrightii)
  • Ouratea madrensis L.Riley, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924(9): 363(–364). 1924.
  • Ouratea podocarpa Sprague & L.Riley in L.Riley, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924(9): 364(–365). 1924.
  • Ouratea ligans Dwyer, Lloydia 7(2): 126(–127). 1944.

Primary references

• Brigham, W.T. 1887. Guatemala: The land of the Quetzal. XV+453 pp. T. Fisher Unwin, London. Internet Archive Reference page. 

• Dwyer, J.D. 1944. The taxonomy of the Mexican, Central American and West Indian species of Ouratea (Ochnaceae). Lloydia 7: 121–145. Reference page. 

• 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. 

• Kunth, C.S. 1825. Ochnaceae. Decand. Pp. 249 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 7 (quarto ed.). Apud Gide filium, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL 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. 

• 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. 

• Riley, L.A.M. 1924. Further notes on Ouratea. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1924: 363–365. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Encore quelques genres nouveaux d'Ochnacées. Tableau résumant la composition actuelle de la famille. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 8: 543–549. 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.  (as Ouratea madrensis)

• 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. 

• 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. 

• Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. 1961. Ochnaceae. In Flora of Guatemala – Part VII, Number 1. Fieldiana: Botany 24(7/1): 10–16. BHL Reference page. 

• Stein, B.A. 2001. Ochnaceae DC. Pp. 1596–1600 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 2, Angiospermas (Fabaceae–Oxalidaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ouratea lucens. Published online. Accessed 27 June 2017.

• Tropicos.org 2017. Ouratea lucens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 27 June 2017.

• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Ouratea lucens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 27 June 2017.

• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Ouratea lucens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 27 June 2017.