Description originale
Johnston, I. M. 1935. Studies in Boraginaceae, X: The Boraginaceae of northeastern south America. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 16(1): 1-64.

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S. N. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 55: 1-580. [GF = ]

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Ter Steege, H., Vaessen, R. W., Cárdenas-López, D., Sabatier, D., Antonelli, A., De Oliveira, S. M., Pitman, N. C. A., Møller Jørgensen, P. & Salomão, R. P. 2016. The discovery of the Amazonian tree flora with an updated checklist of all known tree taxa. Scientific Reports, 6. [GF = ]

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Véron, S., Rodrigues-Vaz, C., Lebreton, E., Ah-Peng, C., Boullet, V., Chevillotte, H., Gradstein, S., Jérémie, J., Lavocat Bernard, E., Lebouvier, M., Meyer, J., Munzinger, J., Poncy, O., Thouvenot, L., Viscardi, G., Léotard, G., Gargominy, O., Leblond, S., Pignal, M., Rouhan, G., Tercerie, S., Invernon, V. & Muller, S. 2021. An assessment of the endemic spermatophytes, pteridophytes and bryophytes of the French Overseas Territories: towards a better conservation outlook. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30: 2097-2124. [GF = S]

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P. G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E. J. & Martin, C. A. 2022. An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, 44(26): 345-903. [GF = S]

 

Date de publication : J. Arnold Arbor., 16(1): 16-17. 1935 [25/01/1935 fide p. de garde].

Distribution : Guyana, Suriname, Guyane française (Feuillet in Funk et al. 2007; GBIF).

Type : Suriname, environs de Abontjoeman, 12/05/1910, B.W. 236 (HT: U0001948 [photo et fragment: GH00095767]).
Suriname, Lucie river, 12/04/1926, fleurs. Small tree 6 m tall. Flowers white. B.W. 6999 (PT: U).
Guyane française, Maroni, à 130 km de l'embouchure, 1877, fruit comestible. J. Crevaux s.n. (PT: P).
Guyane française, Maroni, 1861, E.M. Mélinon 16 (PT: P03892571).
Guyane française, Maroni, 1861, fleurs, E.M. Mélinon 59 (PT: P01034555, P03892564).
Guyane française, Maroni, 1861, E.M. Mélinon 254 (PT: P03892563).
Guyane française, Maroni, 1861, E.M. Mélinon 271 (PT: P03892572).
Guyane française, le long du Maroni, 1863, E.M. Mélinon 283 (PT: P03892562, P03892567).
Guyane française, Maroni, le long de la route de St.-Laurent, 10/1876, fleurs. 15 dm, fleurs blanches. E.M. Mélinon 225 (PT: P03892568, P03892569, P03892570, P01034556, P01034562).
Guyane française, St.-Jean, R. Benoist 1230 (PT: P01034557, P03892573).