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271.0000 Family Simaroubaceae DC.; Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 209 (1811), nom. cons.
24 genera, ca. 120 spp. Systematics mostly following Cole (Phylogeny Poster, 2023)
Species listed in database: 128
= Ailanthaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 223 (1858)
= Castelaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 181 (1858)
= Leitneriaceae Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3: vi, 396 (1880), nom. cons.
= Quassiaceae Bertol.; Prael. Rei Herb. 262 (1827)
= Simabaceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 179 (1847)
= Soulameaceae Pfeiff.; Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiffer] 2: 1202 (1874)
271.0403 Genus Quassia L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 553 (1762) s. str.
Distribution: Tropical America
Species listed in database: 2
= Biporeia Thouars; Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 14 (1806)
= Locandia Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 449 (1763)
= Mannia Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1: 309 (1862)
= Manungala Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 306 (1837)
= Mauduita Comm. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 592 (1824)
= Niota Lam.; Tabl. Encycl., t. 299 (1792), Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 4: 490 (1797)
= Picrita Schumach.; Med. Plantel. 1: 203 (1825)
= Vitmannia Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 3: 51, t. 60 (1794)
= Hyptiandra Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1: 293 (1862)
species :
Quassia amara L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 553 (1762)
Name: Quassia wood, Cuasia
Distribution: Guinea [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Seychelles [I]; Taiwan [I]; India [I]; Myanmar [I]; Vietnam [I]; Borneo [I]; Brunei [I]; Philippines [c]; Jawa [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Moorea [I]); Palau [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], St. John [I]); Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Vincent; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Chocó, Magdalena, Sucre); Venezuela (Barinas, Bolívar, Zulia); Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhão)
22 gui 23 con 29 sey 38 tai 40 ind 41 mya vie 42 bor brn jaw phi 61 sci 62 mic plu 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS HON NIC PAN 81 cub GDL his jam MAR pue STV TRT vir 82 CLM frg guy sur VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Quassia alatifolia Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 491 (1812)
= Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist; Brittonia 5: 146 (1944)
= Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 1: 172 (1879)
= Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 207 (1874)
= Quassia officinalis Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 108 (1792)
= Quassia pumila A.Rich.; Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. [Bory] 17: 11 (1831), nom. superfl.
species :
Quassia arnhemensis Craven & Dunlop; Novon 19(4): 454 (2009)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory)
50 AUS
Remarks: probably in Samadera
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