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338.0000 Family Phyllanthaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 369 (1820), nom. cons.
58 genera, ca. 2200 spp.
Species listed in database: 2113; hybrids: 5
= Antidesmataceae Loudon; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 534 (1830)
= Aporosaceae Lindl. ex Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 2: 265 (1854)
= Bischofiaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 252 (1965)
= Hymenocardiaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 261 (1965)
= Porantheraceae Hurus.; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 224 (1954)
= Scepaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 171 (1836)
= Stilaginaceae C.Agardh; Aphor. Bot. 199 (1824)
= Uapacaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 270 (1965)
338.1301 Genus Uapaca Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 595 (1858)
Distribution: Tropical Africa (many), Madagascar (8)
Species listed in database: 25
= Canariastrum Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 364 (1899)
= Gymnocarpus Thouars ex Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 595 (1858)
species :
Uapaca acuminata (Hutch.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 308 (1922)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
22 NGA 23 CMN EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca heudelotii var. acuminata Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 636 (1912)
species :
Uapaca ambanjensis Leandri; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 8: 255 (1957)
Distribution: N-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Uapaca amplifolia Denis; Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 224 (1927)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca rivularis Denis; Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 225 (1927)
species :
Uapaca bojeri Baill.; Adansonia 11: 176 (1874)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca clusiacea Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 278 (1881)
= Chorizotheca macrophylla Heckel; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 2, 8: 215 (1910)
species :
Uapaca densifolia Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 252 (1884)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca angustifolia Denis; Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 227 (1927)
= Uapaca densifolia f. orientalis Leandri; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 111: 174 (1958), no type indicated.
= Uapaca densifolia var. angustifolia (Denis) Leandri; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 111: 176 (1958)
= Uapaca densifolia var. humbertii Leandri; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 8: 257 (1957)
= Uapaca densifolia var. perrieri (Denis) Leandri; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 111: 176 (1958)
= Uapaca densifolia var. sambiranensis (Denis) Leandri; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 111: 176 (1958)
= Uapaca myricifolia Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 440 (1885)
= Uapaca perrieri Denis; Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 228 (1927)
= Uapaca sambiranensis Denis; Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 226 (1927)
species :
Uapaca ferruginea Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 596 (1858)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca clusioides Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 441 (1885)
= Uapaca ferruginea var. carnotiana Leandri; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 8: 257 (1957)
species :
Uapaca guineensis Müll.Arg.; Flora 47: 517 (1864)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Mali; SW-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Antidesma guineensis G.Don ex Hook.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 515 (1849) (nomen)
= Uapaca bingervillensis Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 66 (1908)
= Uapaca gabonensis Pierre ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 306 (1922)
= Uapaca seretii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 274 (1908)
species :
Uapaca heudelotii Baill.; Adansonia 1: 81 (1860 publ. 1861)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Mali; S-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca bossenge De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 271 (1908)
= Uapaca marquesii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 522 (1897)
= Uapaca prominenticarinata De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 47: 37 (1927)
species :
Uapaca kirkiana Müll.Arg.; Flora 47: 517 (1864)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca albida De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 57 (1933)
= Uapaca goetzei Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 418 (1900)
= Uapaca greenwayi Suess.; Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 11 (1951)
= Uapaca homblei De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 45: 309 (1926)
= Uapaca kirkiana var. goetzei Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 370 (1904)
= Uapaca kirkiana var. sessilifolia P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 891 (1949)
= Uapaca neomasuku De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 52: 208 (1932)
variant :
var. benguelensis (Müll.Arg.) Meerts; Kew Bull. 74(3)-38: 14 (2019)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca angolensis Hutch. ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 301 (1922), pro syn.
= Uapaca benguelensis Müll.Arg.; J. Bot. 2: 332 (1864)
= Uapaca benguelensis var. pedunculata P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 890 (1949)
variant :
var. gossweileri (Hutch.) Meerts; Kew Bull. 74(3)-38: 12 (2019)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca gossweileri Hutch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 101 (1912), et in Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 635 (1912)
= Uapaca kirkiana var. kwangoensis P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 891 (1949)
species :
Uapaca lissopyrena Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 48(3): 612 (1993)
Distribution: Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
species :
Uapaca littoralis Denis; Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 228 (1927)
Distribution: E-Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca betamponensis Leandri; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 8: 255 (1957)
= Uapaca mangorensis Leandri; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 8: 258 (1957)
= Uapaca silvestris Leandri; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 8: 259 (1957)
species :
Uapaca louvelii Denis; Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 230 (1927)
Distribution: E-Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca louvelii var. paralia Leandri; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 8: 258 (1957)
species :
Uapaca mole Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 79 (1894)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Tanzania
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA 23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca angustipyrena De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 52: 205 (1932)
= Uapaca brevipedunculata De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 145 (1933)
= Uapaca casteelsii De Wild.; Compt.-Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. 96: 700 (1927)
= Uapaca ealaensis De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 272 (1908)
= Uapaca ferrarii De Wild.; Compt.-Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. 96: 118 (1927)
= Uapaca kibuati De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 309 (1933)
= Uapaca laurentii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 272 (1908)
= Uapaca lebrunii De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 146 (1933)
= Uapaca macrostipulata De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 47: 36 (1927)
= Uapaca multinervata De Wild.; Compt.-Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. 96: 118 (1927)
= Uapaca paludosa Aubrév. & Leandri; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 50 (1935)
= Uapaca samfii De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 310 (1933)
= Uapaca stipularis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 303 (1922)
= Uapaca vanderystii De Wild.; Compt.-Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. 96: 701 (1927)
= Uapaca verruculosa De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 148 (1933)
species :
Uapaca niangadoumae Breteler; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 145(1): 129 (2012)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Uapaca nitida Müll.Arg.; Flora 47: 517 (1864)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca microphylla Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 523 (1897)
= Uapaca microphylla var. hendrickxii De Wild.; Études Fl. Bas- Moyen-Congo 2: 273 (1908)
= Uapaca nitida f. aucta P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 888 (1949)
= Uapaca nitida f. bianoensis P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 889 (1949)
= Uapaca nitida f. latiuscula P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 888 (1949)
= Uapaca nitida f. scalarinervosa P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 889 (1949)
= Uapaca nitida var. mulengo P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 889 (1949)
= Uapaca nitida var. nsambi P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 888 (1949)
= Uapaca nitida var. sokolobe P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 889 (1949)
= Uapaca nitida var. suffrutescens P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 889 (1949)
= Uapaca similis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 305 (1922)
variant :
var. longifolia (P.A.Duvign.) Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 48(3): 616 (1993)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 ZAI 26 MLW MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca nitida f. longifolia P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 890 (1949)
species :
Uapaca pilosa Hutch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 102 (1912), et in Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 635 (1912)
Distribution: Cameroon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
23 CMN ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca masuku De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 45: 311 (1926)
= Uapaca pilosa f. hirsuta P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 891 (1949), nom. illeg.
variant :
var. petiolata P.A.Duvign.; (1949)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca macrocephala Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 305 (1922)
= Uapaca pilosa f. subglabra P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 891 (1949)
= Uapaca sapinii De Wild.; Proc. Int. Congr. Pl. Sci. Ithaca 1420 (1929), in clavi.
= Uapaca sapinii De Wild. ex De Wild.; Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 4(5): 174 (1936), in adnot., latine.
species :
Uapaca pynaertii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 274 (1908)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; ?Congo [Brazzaville]; Gabon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca corbisieri De Wild.; Compt.-Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. 96: 118 (1927)
= Uapaca esculenta A.Chev. ex Aubrév. & Leandri; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 52 (1935)
= Uapaca goossensii De Wild.; Compt.-Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. 96: 118 (1927)
= Uapaca nymphaeantha Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 306 (1922)
species :
Uapaca robynsii De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 60 (1933)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Zambia; Malawi
23 ZAI 26 MLW ZAM
species :
Uapaca rufopilosa (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 890 (1949)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca nitida var. rufopilosa De Wild.; Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 4(5): 161 (1936)
species :
Uapaca sansibarica Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 370 (1904)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca sansibarica var. cuneata Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 370 (1904)
species :
Uapaca staudtii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 522 (1897)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
22 NGA 23 BIO CMN EQG GAB
species :
Uapaca teusczii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 79 (1894)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca benguelensis f. glabra P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 890 (1949)
= Uapaca dubia De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 307 (1933)
= Uapaca kirkiana var. dubia (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 891 (1949)
= Uapaca munamensis De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 52: 206 (1932)
form :
f. pilosa (P.A.Duvign.) Meerts; Kew Bull. 74(3)-38: 8 (2019)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca benguelensis f. pilosa P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 890 (1949)
= Uapaca katentaniensis De Wild.; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 53: 58 (1933)
species :
Uapaca thouarsii Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 598 (1858)
Distribution: E-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Uapaca togoensis Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 371 (1904)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; SW-Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; SW-Chad; Malawi
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON 24 CHA 26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca chevalieri Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 68 (1908)
= Uapaca guignardii A.Chev. ex Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 66 (1908)
= Uapaca guignardii var. sudanica Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 67 (1908)
= Uapaca guineensis var. sudanica (Beille) Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 641 (1912)
= Uapaca perrotii Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 67 (1908)
= Uapaca somon Aubrév. & Leandri; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 50 (1935)
species :
Uapaca vanhouttei De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 275 (1908)
Distribution: S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 NGA 23 CMN CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Uapaca brieyi De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 362 (1914)
= Uapaca letestuana A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 9: 304 (1917), A. Chev. in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 297 (1917)
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