Herrania mariae — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Herrania

At a glance

Occurrence records135

Data sources7

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Herrania mariae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility135 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources14 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS3 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF135 records

01Narrative

Herrania mariae is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to South America - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The fruits are locally used as food.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height6 m

Plant height max6 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max700 m

Elevation min30 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTCampo de Várzea, Floresta de Terra Firme

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

03Chemical composition3 compounds

Compounds documented for Herrania mariae across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Purine alkaloids3

Documented compounds3 total

Compound	Amount	Source
1,3,7,9-Tetramethyluric acid	present	LOTUS
Caffeine	present	LOTUS
Theobromine	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type135 records

Wild obs. + sensor11

Museum / vouchered124

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO364 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 1≤10 km 2

6 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 3

4 georeferenced · 120 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence124

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 15 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bronx, US	54
Saint Louis, US	30
Chicago, US	16
Santarém, BR	3
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record	3
JBRJlocation not on record	3
Kew, GB	2
Barcelona, ES	1
Brasília, BR	1
QCNElocation not on record	1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record	1
Cenargenlocation not on record	1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	1

15 institutions · 119 of 124 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code