Taxon: Cedrela fissilis Vell.

 
Genus: Cedrela
Family: Meliaceae
Nomen number: 9680
Place of publication: Fl. flumin. 75. 1829 ("1825"); icon. 2: t. 68. 1831 ("1827")
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Typification:
Name Verified on: 04-may-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 03-dic-2010
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 7 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • CITES Appendix III: (populations of Bolivia)
  • Materials: wood (timber fide Ency WTimber)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, [Limon] Panama
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Barinas]
    • BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Minas Gerais, Para, Santa Catarina]
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, [Beni] Colombia, [Antioquia] Ecuador, Peru [Cusco, Huanuco, Loreto, San Martin]
    • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Misiones, Salta, Tucuman]


References:

  1. Arcery, J. et al. 2006. CITES I-II-III Timber species manual (USDA/APHIS)
  2. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
  3. CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). (CITES Appendices)
  4. Pennington, T. D. 1981. Meliaceae Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:361-367.
  5. Pennington, T. D. & A. N. Muellner A monograph of Cedrela (Meliaceae). 2010 (Monog Cedrela)

Check other web resources for Cedrela fissilis Vell. :

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • 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=9680. Accessed 7 junio 2026.