Uapaca | |
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Uapaca kirkiana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Subfamily: | Antidesmatoideae |
Tribe: | Uapaceae |
Genus: | Uapaca Baill. |
Type species | |
Uapaca thouarsii Baill. | |
Synonyms | |
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Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar. Uapaca is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
- species
- Uapaca acuminata - Nigeria, C Africa
- Uapaca ambanjensis - NW Madagascar
- Uapaca amplifolia - NW Madagascar
- Uapaca benguelensis - Zaïre, Angola
- Uapaca bojeri - Madagascar
- Uapaca densifolia - Madagascar
- Uapaca ferruginea - Madagascar
- Uapaca gossweileri - Zaïre, Angola
- Uapaca guineensis - W + C Africa
- Uapaca heudelotii - W + C Africa
- Uapaca katentaniensis - Katanga
- Uapaca kirkiana - E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca lissopyrena - C + S Africa
- Uapaca littoralis - E Madagascar
- Uapaca louvelii - E Madagascar
- Uapaca mole - W + C Africa
- Uapaca niangadoumae - Gabon
- Uapaca nitida - E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca pilosa - E + C Africa
- Uapaca pynaertii - W + C Africa
- Uapaca robynsii - Katanga, Zambia, Malawi
- Uapaca rufopilosa - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
- Uapaca sansibarica - E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca staudtii - Nigeria, C Africa
- Uapaca thouarsii - E Madagascar
- Uapaca togoensis - W + C Africa
- Uapaca vanhouttei - Nigeria, C Africa
- formerly included
moved Drypetes
- Uapaca griffithii - Drypetes riseleyi
References
- lectotype designated by Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 18: 271 (1965)
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 595
- Tropicos, Uapaca Baill.
- McPherson, G. (2011). A review of Madagascan Uapaca (Euphorbiaceae s.l.). Adansonia, III, 33: 221-231.
- Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Breteler, F.J. (2013). Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision. Plant ecology and evolution 146: 75-94.
- Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Uapaca |
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