Taxon: Hintonia latiflora (DC.) Bullock

Genus:

Hintonia

Family:

Rubiaceae

Subfamily:

Cinchonoideae

Tribe:

Chiococceae

Nomen number:

19132

Place of publication:

Hooker's Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3295. 1935

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

06-mar-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 16-ago-2006

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Coutarea latiflora DC.
(=) Coutarea pterosperma (S. Watson) Standl.
(=) Hintonia standleyana Bullock
(=) Portlandia pterosperma S. Watson

Common names:

copalchi (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - unknown

Economic Importance:

Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala [Zacapa]

References:

McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)

Check other web resources for Hintonia latiflora (DC.) Bullock :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=19132. Accessed 8 junio 2026.