Theobroma bicolor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Byttnerioideae
Tribus: Theobromateae
Genus: Theobroma
Species:

Theobroma bicolor Bonpl. in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 1: 104 (1806).

Homotypic
- Cacao bicolor (Bonpl.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 7 (1811).
- Tribroma bicolor (Bonpl.) O.F.Cook, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 288 (1915).
Heterotypic
- Theobroma ovatifolium DC., Prodr. 1: 485 (1824).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast (introduced).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras (introduced).
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago (introduced).
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Colombia, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North.

Humboldt, A. & Bonpland, A. 1805–1808. Plantae Aequinoctiales, per regnum Mexici, in provinciis Caracarum et Novae Andalusiae, in Peruvianorum, Quitensium, Novae Granatae Andibus, ad Orenoci, Fluvii Nigri, Fluminis Amazonum ripas nascentes. Tomus 1. 234 pp., Paris. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Theobroma bicolor in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 14. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Theobroma bicolor. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Theobroma bicolor. Published online. Accessed: September 14 2023. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Theobroma bicolor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 September 2023. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Theobroma bicolor in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.