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. Jump up to: 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