Biology:Uapaca

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Uapaca
Uapaca kirkiana 1.jpg
Uapaca kirkiana
Scientific classification e
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.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[3][4] It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar .[2][5][6][7] Uapaca is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[8]

species[2]


formerly included[2]

moved Drypetes

  • Uapaca griffithii - Drypetes riseleyi

References

  1. lectotype designated by Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 18: 271 (1965)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2083611 entry