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Ocotea

The genus Ocotea is in the family Lauraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ocotea

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Ocotea aciphylla (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea acuminatissima (Lundell) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea acutangula (Miq.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea acutifolia (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea adenotrachelium (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea alata van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea albigemma C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea alnifolia (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea amazonica (Meisn.) Mez Accepted L TRO
Ocotea amplifolia (Mez & Donn. Sm.) van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea amplissima Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea architectorum Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea argyrophylla Ducke Accepted M TRO
Ocotea arnottiana (Nees) van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea atacta Lorea-Hern. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea atirrensis Mez & Donn. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea atrata C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea aurantiodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea auriculata Lasser Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea austinii C.K. Allen Accepted M TRO
Ocotea balanocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea basicordatifolia Vattimo-Gil Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea basirecurva C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea benthamiana Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea bernoulliana Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea betazensis (Mez) van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea beyrichii (Nees) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea bijuga (Rottb.) Bernardi Accepted M TRO
Ocotea blanchetii (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea bofo Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea boissieriana (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea botrantha Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea bourgeauviana (Mez) van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea brachybotra (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea bracteolata (Nees) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea bracteosa (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea bragae Coe-Teix. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea brenesii Standl. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea brevipes Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea bullata (Burch.) E. Meyer in Drege Accepted M TRO
Ocotea camphoromoea Rohwer Accepted L TRO
Ocotea canaliculata (Rich.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea candidovillosa Lorea-Hern. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea caniflora Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea carabobensis Lasser Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea caracasana (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea cardinalis Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea catharinensis Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea ceanothifolia (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea cernua (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea chiapensis (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea chrysobalanoides (Lundell) Lundell Accepted M TRO
Ocotea cinnamomoides (Kunth) Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea citrosmoides (Nees) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea clavigera Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea complicata (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea confertiflora (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea congestifolia Lasser Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea congregata van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea corrugata van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea corymbosa (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea cowaniana C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea crassifolia (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea crassiramula C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea cryptocarpa Baitello Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea cujumary Mart. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea cuneata (Nees) J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea cuneifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea cupularis (Lam.) Cordem. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea curucutuensis Baitello Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea cymbarum Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea cymosa (Nees) Palacky Accepted M TRO
Ocotea daphnifolia (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea debilis Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea deflexa (Meisn.) Rohwer Accepted M TRO
Ocotea dendrodaphne Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea densiflora (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea depauperata C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea dielsiana O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea diospyrifolia (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea discrepens C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea disjuncta Lorea-Hern. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea dispersa (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea divaricata (Nees) Mez Accepted L TRO
Ocotea dominicana (Meisn.) HOWARD Accepted M TRO
Ocotea duidensis Moldenke Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea effusa (Meisn.) Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea elegans Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea endresiana Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea erectifolia (C.K.Allen) van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea esmeraldana Moldenke Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea euvenosa Lundell Accepted M TRO
Ocotea fasciculata (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea faucherei (Danguy) Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea felix Coe-Teix. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea fendleri (Meisn.) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea flavantha van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea floccifera Mez & Sodiro Accepted M TRO
Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea fragrantissima Ducke Accepted M TRO
Ocotea froesii A.C.Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea frondosa (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea fulvescens Standl. & L.O. Williams Accepted M TRO
Ocotea gardneri (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea glabra van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea glauca (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea glaucina (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea glaucophylla Moldenke Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea glaucosericea Rohwer Accepted M TRO
Ocotea glaziovii Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea glomerata (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea gracilis (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea guatemalensis Lundell Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea guianensis Aubl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea helicterifolia (Meisn.) Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea heribertoi T. Wendt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea heterochroma Mez & Sodiro Accepted M TRO
Ocotea heydeana (Mez & Donn.Sm.) Bernardi Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea huberi van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea hueckii Bernardi Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea humblotii Baill. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea hypoglauca (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea indecora (Schott) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea infrafoveolata van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea inhauba Coe-Teix. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea insularis (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea iridescens Lorea-Hern. & van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea itatiaiae Vattimo-Gil Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea jacobinae (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea javitensis (Kunth) Pittier Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea jelskii Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea julianii van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea jumbillensis O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea karsteniana Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea kenyensis (Chiov.) Robyns & R.Wilczek Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea keriana A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea killipii A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea klotzschiana (Nees) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea laetevirens Standl. & Steyerm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea laevigata (Meisn.) Marais Accepted M TRO
Ocotea lanata (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea lancifolia (Schott) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea langsdorffii (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea laticostata C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea laxa (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea laxiflora (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea leptobotra (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) Laness. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea licanioides A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea liesneri van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea ligulata van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea litsaeifolia (Meisn.) Mez Accepted L TRO
Ocotea lobbii (Meisn.) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea loefgrenii Vattimo-Gil Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea longifolia Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea macrophylla Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea macropoda (Kunth) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea madagascariensis (Meisn.) Palacky Accepted L TRO
Ocotea magnifica O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea magnifolia (Lundell) Lundell Accepted M TRO
Ocotea maranguapensis Vattimo-Gil Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea marginata (Nees) Palacky Accepted M TRO
Ocotea marmellensis Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea mascarena (Buchoz) Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea matudae Lundell Accepted M TRO
Ocotea megacarpa van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea megaphylla (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea meyendorffiana (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea meziana C.K. Allen Accepted M TRO
Ocotea micans Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea microbotrys (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea microneura (Meisn.) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea minarum (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea minutiflora O.C. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea mollicella (S.F. Blake) van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea mollifolia Mez & Pittier Accepted M TRO
Ocotea montana (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea monzonensis Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea moschata (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea mucosa (Nees) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea mucronata (Poir.) Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea multiglandulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea munacensis O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea myriantha (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea neblinae C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea neesiana (Miq.) Kosterm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea nigrita (Lundell) Lundell Accepted M TRO
Ocotea nilssonii C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea nitida (Meisn.) Rohwer Accepted L TRO
Ocotea notata (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea nummularia (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea nutans (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea obliqua Vicent. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea oblonga (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea oblongo-obovata (Nees) Rohwer Accepted M TRO
Ocotea obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea obtusata (Nees) Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea odorata (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea odorifera (Vell.) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea olivacea A.C.Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea oocarpa Mez & Sodiro Accepted M TRO
Ocotea ottoschmidtii J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea otuzcensis O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea ovalifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea pachypoda Mez & Sodiro Accepted M TRO
Ocotea pallida (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea panurensis (Meisn.) Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea paradoxa Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea parvula (Lundell) van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea patens (Sw.) Alain Accepted M TRO
Ocotea pauciflora (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea pentagona Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea percoriacea Kosterm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea perforata Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea perrobusta (C.K.Allen) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea petalanthera (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea pittieri (Mez) van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea piurensis Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea platyphylla (Lundell) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea polyantha (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea pomaderroides (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea porosa (Nees & Mart.) Barroso Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea porphyria (Griseb.) van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea producta (C.K. Allen) Rohwer Accepted M TRO
Ocotea psychotrioides Billb. ex Meissner Accepted M TRO
Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea pulchella (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea purpurea (Mez) van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea quixos (Lam.) Kosterm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea racemosa (Danguy) Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea raimondii O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea regeliana (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea reticularis (Britton & P. Wilson) Alain Accepted M TRO
Ocotea revoluta Moldenke Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea rhytidotricha Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea riedelii (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea rigens (Nees & Mart.) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea roseopedunculata van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea rotundata van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea rovirosae Lorea-Hern. & van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea rubriflora Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea rubrinervis Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea rugosa van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea salvadorensis (Lundell) van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea salvinii Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea sanariapensis Lasser Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea sarcodes Lorea-Hern. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea sassafras (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea sauroderma Lorea-Hern. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea schomburgkiana (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea schottii (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea schwackeana Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea semicompleta (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea sericea Kunth Accepted M TRO
Ocotea sieberi (Meisn.) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea silvestris Vattimo Accepted M TRO
Ocotea sinuata (Mez) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea smithiana O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea sodiroana Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea spectabilis (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea spixiana (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea splendens (Meisn.) Baill. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea sprucei (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea squarrosa (Nees) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea staminea (Griseb.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea standleyi C.K. Allen Accepted M TRO
Ocotea stenoneura Mez & Pittier Accepted M TRO
Ocotea stuebelii Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea subalata Lundell Accepted M TRO
Ocotea subrutilans Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea sulcata Vattimo-Gil Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea sylvatica (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea tabacifolia (Meisn.) Rohwer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea tampicensis (Meisn.) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea tarapotana (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea teleiandra (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea tenella A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea tenera Mez & Donn. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea tenuiflora (Nees) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea terciopelo C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea tessmannii O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea thouvenotii (Danguy) Kosterm. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea tillettsiana C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea tomentella Sandwith Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea tomentosa van der Werff Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea tonduzii Standl. Accepted M TRO
Ocotea tonii (Lundell) van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea trianae Rusby Accepted M TRO
Ocotea trichantha Baker Accepted M TRO
Ocotea trichophlebia Baker Accepted M TRO
Ocotea trinidadensis Kosterm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea tristis (Nees & Mart.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea truncata Lundell Accepted M TRO
Ocotea tubulosa Lasser Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea ucayalensis O. Schmidt Accepted M TRO
Ocotea urbaniana Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea uxpanapana T. Wendt & van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea vaccinioides (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea vaginans (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea valerioana (Standl.) W.C. Burger Accepted M TRO
Ocotea vanderwerffii (Kosterm.) van der Werff Accepted L TRO
Ocotea variabilis (Nees) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea velloziana (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea velutina (Nees) Mart. ex B.D.Jacks. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea venosa Gleason Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea venulosa (Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. Accepted L TRO
Ocotea veraguensis (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea verruculosa (Meisn.) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea verticillata Rohwer Accepted M TRO
Ocotea villosa Kosterm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea virgultosa (Nees) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea viridiflora Lundell Accepted M TRO
Ocotea weberbaueri Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea whitei Woodson Accepted M TRO
Ocotea wrightii (Meisn.) Mez Accepted L TRO
Ocotea wurdackiana C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea xanthocalyx (Nees) Mez Accepted M TRO
Ocotea yutajensis C.K.Allen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ocotea zahamenensis van der Werff Accepted M TRO
Ocotea zoque Lorea-Hern. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 761 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ocotea. Of these 320 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 16 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ocotea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 761 species names for the genus Ocotea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 320 42.0%
◕ Synonym 199 26.1%
◕ Unplaced 1 0.1%
◕ Unassessed 241 31.7%

All names

The status of the 777 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ocotea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 323 41.6%
◕ Synonym 212 27.3%
◕ Unplaced 1 0.1%
◕ Unassessed 241 31.0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 761 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ocotea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 311 196 0 0 507 66.6%
Low confidence 9 3 1 241 254 33.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Ocotea, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 178 127 0 30 0 335 44.0%
WCSP (in review) 142 72 1 211 0 426 56.0%