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Uapaca
Uapaca kirkiana
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Canariastrum Engl.
  • Gymnocarpus Thouars ex Baill.
  • Aapaca Metzdorff

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
  1. Uapaca acuminata - Nigeria, C Africa
  2. Uapaca ambanjensis - NW Madagascar
  3. Uapaca amplifolia - NW Madagascar
  4. Uapaca benguelensis - Zaïre, Angola
  5. Uapaca bojeri - Madagascar
  6. Uapaca densifolia - Madagascar
  7. Uapaca ferruginea - Madagascar
  8. Uapaca gossweileri - Zaïre, Angola
  9. Uapaca guineensis - W + C Africa
  10. Uapaca heudelotii - W + C Africa
  11. Uapaca katentaniensis - Katanga
  12. Uapaca kirkiana - E + C + S Africa
  13. Uapaca lissopyrena - C + S Africa
  14. Uapaca littoralis - E Madagascar
  15. Uapaca louvelii - E Madagascar
  16. Uapaca mole - W + C Africa
  17. Uapaca niangadoumae - Gabon
  18. Uapaca nitida - E + C + S Africa
  19. Uapaca pilosa - E + C Africa
  20. Uapaca pynaertii - W + C Africa
  21. Uapaca robynsii - Katanga, Zambia, Malawi
  22. Uapaca rufopilosa - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
  23. Uapaca sansibarica - E + C + S Africa
  24. Uapaca staudtii - Nigeria, C Africa
  25. Uapaca thouarsii - E Madagascar
  26. Uapaca togoensis - W + C Africa
  27. Uapaca vanhouttei - Nigeria, C Africa
formerly included

moved Drypetes

References

  1. lectotype designated by Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 18: 271 (1965)
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 595
  4. Tropicos, Uapaca Baill.
  5. McPherson, G. (2011). A review of Madagascan Uapaca (Euphorbiaceae s.l.). Adansonia, III, 33: 221-231.
  6. Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  7. Breteler, F.J. (2013). Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision. Plant ecology and evolution 146: 75-94.
  8. 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
Uapaca


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