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324.0000 Family Chrysobalanaceae R.Br.; Narr. Exped. Zaire [Tuckey] 433 (1818), nom. cons.
20 genera, ca. 540 spp., mainly tropical America. Phylogeny see Sothers et al. 2016.
Species listed in database: 548
= Chrysobalaneae DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 525 (1825)
= Chrysobalaninae Focke; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 3: 12 (1888)
= Chrysobalanineae J.Presl; Nowoceská Bibl. [Wseobecný Rostl.] 7: 467, 469 (1846)
= Chrysobalanoideae Arn.; Botany [Arnott] 107 (1832)
= Couepieae Prance & F.White; Philos. Trans., Ser. B, 320: 78 (1988)
= Grangeriinae Bonne; Res. Pédic. Fl. Rosacées 356 (1928)
= Hirtellaceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 152 (1847)
= Hirtelleae Bonne; Res. Pédic. Fl. Rosacées 356 (1928)
= Hirtellinae Focke; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 3: 12 (1888)
= Licaniaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 336 (1820)
= Parinarieae Prance & F.White; Philos. Trans., Ser. B, 320: 78 (1988)
324.0012 Genus Chrysobalanus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 513 (1753)
Distribution: America from Florida to S-Brazil, West Indies, Namibia (1) from Liberia to Angola and Zambia
Species listed in database: 4
= Icaco Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 305 (1763)
species :
Chrysobalanus atlanticus Asprino & Barb.Silva; Brittonia 76(4): 349 (2024)
Distribution: Brazil (Espírito Santo)
84 BRA
species :
Chrysobalanus cuspidatus Griseb. ex Duss; Fl. Phan. Antill. Franç. 258 (1897)
Name: Icaque grand-bois, Icaque montagne, Tuer mois un fois, Zicaque-montagne (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: St. Kitts; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia
81 DOM GDL MAR STK STL
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysobalanus cuspidatus Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 711 (1864), nomen
= Licania oligantha A.C.Sm.; J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 333 (1947)
species :
Chrysobalanus icaco L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 513 (1753)
subspecies :
subsp. icaco
Name: Coco plum, Pork-fat apple (Bahamas), Hicaco, Hicaco de playa, Hicaco dulce, Icaco, Icaco de costa, Jicaco (Cuba), Cocoa plum, Hicaco, Icaco, Jicaco, Zicaque (Dominican Republic), Icaque, Icaquier (Haiti), Coco plum (Jamaica), Hicaco, Icaco, Jicaco (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania [I]; Angola; Malawi [I]; Seychelles [I]; Taiwan [I]; India [I] (Maharashtra [I], Tamil Nadu [I], West Bengal [I]); Thailand [I]; Vietnam [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Singapore [I]; Philippines [I]; Fiji [I]; Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I], Huahine [I]); USA (Florida); Bermuda; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; Nevis; St. Kitts; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad; San Andrés y Providencia (San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela [I] (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Aragua, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Táchira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Paraíba, Bahia, Alagoas); SE-Brazil (Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 tan 26 ANG mlw 29 sey 38 tai 40 ind 41 tha vie 42 mly phi sng 60 fij 61 mrq sci 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU BAH BBD BER CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SAB SBA STE STK STL STM STV TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysobalanus ellipticus Sol. ex Sabine; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 453 (1824)
= Chrysobalanus guianensis Klotzsch; Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 1024 (1848), nomen
= Chrysobalanus icaco f. albus G.Klotz; Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29(4): 461 (1980)
= Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. ellipticus (Sol. ex Sabine) Souza; Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 101 (1979 publ. 1980)
= Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. orbicularis (Schumach.) Souza; Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 101 (1979 publ. 1980)
= Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) E.Murray; Kalmia 12: 19 (1982)
= Chrysobalanus icaco var. ellipticus (Sol. ex Sabine) Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 7 (1867)
= Chrysobalanus icaco var. luteus (Sabine) Souza; Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 104 (1979 publ. 1980)
= Chrysobalanus icaco var. macrocarpus Souza; Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 104 (1979 publ. 1980), without type
= Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 7 (1867)
= Chrysobalanus icaco var. roseus Souza; Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 101 (1979 publ. 1980), without type
= Chrysobalanus interior Small; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 645 (1933)
= Chrysobalanus luteus Sabine; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 453 (1824)
= Chrysobalanus orbicularis Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 232 (1827)
= Chrysobalanus pellocarpus G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 193 (1818)
= Chrysobalanus purpureus Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: 2 (1768)
= Chrysobalanus savannarum Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 48: 331 (1921 publ. 1922)
subspecies :
subsp. atacorensis (A.Chev.) F.White; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 46: 2759 (1976)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Mali; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; Angola; Zambia
22 BEN GHA LBR MLI NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysobalanus stuhlmannii Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas [Engler] C 191 (1895)
= Chrysobalanus atacorensis A.Chev.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: (1911 publ. 1912)
= Chrysobalanus chariensis A.Chev.; Fl. Afr. Centr., Énum. Pl. Récolt. 1: 117 (1913), nomen nud.
= Chrysobalanus icaco var. chariensis Souza; Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 100 (1979 publ. 1980), basionym not validly publ.
= Maba sudanensis A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 395 (1920), nomen
species :
Chrysobalanus prancei I.M.Turner; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 51(5): 306 (2014), nom. nov.
Distribution: Venezuela (Bolívar); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysobalanus venezuelanus Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 4 (1989)
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