Summary
Place of publication:
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19:48. 1932
Verified:
01/24/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
- Francisco Morales, J. 2002. Studies in neotropical Apocynaceae. II. A review of the genus Fernaldia. Rhodora 104:192-196.
- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
- Morton, J. F. et al. 1994. Loroco, Fernaldia pandurata (A. DC.) Woodson (Apocynaceae): a popular edible flower of Central America. Econ. Bot. 44:301-310.
- Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 1991-
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
- Williams, L. O. 1981. The useful plants of Central America. Ceiba 24:30.
Common names
Spanish
loroco –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Queretaro | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | Guanacaste | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan]
Southern America
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica [Guanacaste], Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Cultivated
Southern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | vegetable | | Morton, J. F. et al. 1994. Loroco, Fernaldia pandurata (A. DC.) Woodson (Apocynaceae): a popular edible flower of Central America. Econ. Bot. 44:301-310. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400054.
Accessed 20 September 2024.