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Theobroma
cacao
L.
Published In:
Species Plantarum 2: 782. 1753. (1 May 1753) (
Sp. Pl.
)
Synonymy
Theobroma sphaerocarpum A. Chev.
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 7/27/2009)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Original Catalogue Data
(Last Modified On 7/27/2009)
Habit:
Tree
Status:
Native and cultivated
Elevation:
0-500, 500-1000
Region:
Coastal and Amazonian
Province:
Guayas, Los Ríos, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Sucumbíos, Zamora-Chinchipe
Standard Note:
Cacao is extensively planted in Ecuador, especially in the coastal regions
Voucher Specimen:
Carlos E. Cerón - 11961 - MO - (BC:MO-1475247/A:4327219)
Reference:
Dodson, C.H. & A.H. Gentry. 1978. Flora of the Río Palenque Science Center: Los Ríos Province, Ecuador. Selbyana 4(1–6): i–xxx, 1–628.
Cuatrecasas, J. 1964. Cacao and its allies: A taxonomic revision of the genus Theobroma. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35(6): 379–614.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
Renner, S. S., H. Balslev & L.B. Holm-Nielsen. 1990. Flowering plants of Amazonian Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 24: 1–241.
Dodson, C.H., A.H. Gentry & F. M. Valverde Badillo. 1985. Fl. Jauneche 1–512. Banco Central del Ecuador, Quito.
Neill, D. A. & W. A. Palacios. 1989. Arb. Amaz. Ecuatoriana 1–120. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Quito.
Balslev, H., J. Luteyn, B. Øllgaard & L. B. Holm-Nielsen. 1987. Composition and structure of adjacent unflooded and floodplain forest in Amazonian Ecuador. Opera Bot. 92: 37–57.
Cerón, C. E. 1995. Ethnobiología de los Cofanes de Dureno. Publ. Mus. Ecuat. Ci. Nat., Ser. Monogr. 3: 1–211.
Cuatrecasas, J. 1956. 6. Theobroma L. In: J. F. Macbride (ed.), Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3A/2): 650–660.
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Lower Taxa
Theobroma
cacao
subsp.
cacao
Theobroma
cacao
subsp.
sphaerocarpum
(A. Chev.) Cuatrec.
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