Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Abuta scandens Barrère ex Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 618. 1775, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Menispermum abuta Lam., Encycl. [J.Lamarck & al.] 4(1): 100(–101). 1797, nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Cocculus abuta (Lam.) Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 501. 1833, nom. illeg. superfl. (as C. Abuta)

• Heterotypic
  • Abuta splendida Krukoff & Moldenke, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68(4): 241. 1941.
  • Abuta wilson-brownei R.S.Cowan, Brittonia 7(5): 394(–395). 1952.

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 4. Tt. 194–392. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barneby, R.C. 2001. Menispermaceae. Pp. 554–578 in Steyermark, J.A., Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page. 
• Barneby, R.C. (†) & Hiepko, P. 2007. Menispermaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., 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: 420–422. BHL Reference page. 
• Cowan, R.S. & Collaborators. 1952. Plant explorations of G. Wilson-Browne, S. J., in British Guiana. I. Kanuku Mountains. Brittonia 7(5): 389–414. DOI: 10.2307/2804967 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Lamarck, J.-B. (ed.) 1797–1798. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 4. 764 pp. H. Agasse, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Abuta rufescens. Published online. Accessed: 11 March 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Abuta rufescens.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Abuta rufescens. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Abuta rufescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 March 2019.
• Abuta rufescens in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 11 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Abuta rufescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Abuta rufescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Abuta rufescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 March 2019.
• Abuta rufescens in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 11 March 2019.
• Abuta splendida in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 11 March 2019.