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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)
324.0024 Genus Leptobalanus (Benth.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 21 (2016)
Distribution: Tropical America
Species listed in database: 31
species :
Leptobalanus albiflorus (Fanshawe & Maguire) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 23 (2016)
Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
82 FRG GUY SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania albiflora Fanshawe & Maguire; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 75: 318 (1948)
species :
Leptobalanus apetalus (E.Mey.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 24 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Córdoba, Guainía, Meta, Putumayo, Santander, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcón, Guárico, Lara, Monagas, Portuguesa, Táchira); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Bahia, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania apetala (E.Mey.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 54 (1889)
= Hirtella apetala E.Mey.; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 12: 803 (1825)
= Licania apetala (E.Mey.) Kuntze; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 217 (1891)
= Licania apetala var. pendula (Benth.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 55 (1889)
= Licania dahlgrenii Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 255 (1937)
= Licania floribunda Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 219 (1840)
= Licania hylaea Cuatrec.; Brittonia 8: 198 (1956)
= Licania pendula Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 218 (1840)
= Moquilea floribunda (Benth.) Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 21 (1867)
= Moquilea orinocensis Rusby; Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 27 (1920)
= Moquilea pendula (Benth.) Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 22 (1867)
variant :
var. apertus (Benth.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 24 (2016)
Distribution: Trinidad; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guárico, Miranda, Portuguesa, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás)
81 TRT 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania apetala var. aperta (Benth.) Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 68 (1972)
= Licania affinis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 217 (1891)
= Licania aperta Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 218 (1840)
= Licania caracasana Klotzsch ex Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 25 (1867), pro syn.
= Licania kuntzeana Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 353 (1908)
= Licania pubiflora Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 219 (1840)
= Moquilea kuntzeana (Urb.) R.O.Williams; Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 1: 314 (1932)
species :
Leptobalanus bullatus (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 24 (2016)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania bullata Prance; Kew Bull. 50(1): 143 (1995)
species :
Leptobalanus calvescens (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 24 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania calvescens Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 64 (1950)
species :
Leptobalanus cardiophyllus (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 24 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania cardiophylla Prance; Kew Bull. 47(4): 637 (1992)
species :
Leptobalanus cuatrecasasii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 25 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania cuatrecasasii Prance; Acta Amazonica 8(4): 577 (1978)
species :
Leptobalanus cuspidata (Rusby) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 25 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Magdalena); Venezuela (Mérida)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania cuspidata (Rusby) Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 72 (1972)
= Moquilea cuspidata Rusby; Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 27 (1920)
species :
Leptobalanus diegogomezii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 25 (2016)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Remarks: known only from the type collection.
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania diegogomezii Prance; Kew Bull. 50(4): 717 (1995)
species :
Leptobalanus emarginatus (Spruce ex Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 25 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Bolívar); Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania emarginata Spruce ex Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 15 (1867)
= Licania petrensis Prance; Kew Bull. 50: 713 (1995)
species :
Leptobalanus foveolatus (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 25 (2016)
Distribution: Guyana
82 GUY
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania foveolata Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 80 (1972)
species :
Leptobalanus fuchsii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 25 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania fuchsii Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 79 (1972)
species :
Leptobalanus gardneri (Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 25 (2016)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Tocantins, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania gardneri (Hook.f.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 56 (1888)
= Licania gardneri Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 217 (1891)
= Licania mattogrossensis Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 540 (1923)
= Moquilea gardneri Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 23 (1867)
= Moquilea mattogrossensis (Pilg.) Malme; Ark. Bot. 23A(4): 11 (1930)
species :
Leptobalanus granvillei (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Caquetá, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas); ?Guyana; French Guiana; Ecuador; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM FRG VEN 83 ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania granvillei Prance; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 89(1): 114 (1986)
species :
Leptobalanus humilis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26 (2016)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); Paraguay
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania humilis Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 1: 549 (1826)
= Chrysobalanus humilis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 76 (1898)
= Chrysobalanus sublanatus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 76 (1898)
= Licania ulei Taub.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 428 (1896)
= Moquilea humilis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 26 (1867)
species :
Leptobalanus jefensis (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26 (2016)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania jefensis Prance; Brittonia 28(2): 215 (1976)
species :
Leptobalanus joseramosii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26 (2016)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania joseramosii Prance; Acta Amazonica 8(4): 581 (1978)
species :
Leptobalanus latus (J.F.Macbr.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM FRG VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania lata J.F.Macbr.; Candollea 5: 369 (1934)
species :
Leptobalanus longistylus (Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26 (2016)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Delta Amacuro, Miranda); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Acre); NE-Brazil (Maranhão); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás)
80 PAN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania longistyla (Hook.f.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 56 (1889)
= Moquilea longistyla Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 24 (1867)
species :
Leptobalanus maguirei (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26 (2016)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania maguirei Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 70 (1972)
species :
Leptobalanus mexicanus (Lundell) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26 (2016)
Distribution: Mexico (Sinaloa)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania mexicana Lundell; Wrightia 5: 40 (1974)
species :
Leptobalanus morii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 27 (2016)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania morii Prance; Brittonia 28(2): 215 (1976)
species :
Leptobalanus octandrus (Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 27 (2016)
subspecies :
subsp. octandrus
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Córdoba, Meta); Venezuela (Amazonas, Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Mérida, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Táchira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania octandra (Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 217 (1891)
= Hirtella octandra Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 274 (1819)
= Licania bothynophylla Mart.; Flora 24(2. Beibl.): 15 (1841)
= Licania hookeri var. obtusa Huber; Bol. Mus. Paraense Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 368 (1909)
= Licania sellowiana Klotzsch ex Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 26 (1867), pro syn.
= Licania takutuensis Standl.; Lloydia 2: 182 (1939)
= Licania turiuva Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 2: 550 (1827)
= Licania utilis (Hook.f.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 56 (1889)
= Moquilea bothynophylla (Mart.) Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 26 (1867)
= Moquilea turiuva (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 25 (1867), nom. superfl.
= Moquilea utilis Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 24 (1867)
subspecies :
subsp. grandifolius (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 27 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania octandra subsp. grandifolia Prance; Acta Amazonica 4(1): 18 (1974)
subspecies :
subsp. pallidus (Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 27 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela (Amazonas, Mérida, Táchira); Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania octandra subsp. pallida (Hook.f.) Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 84 (1972)
= Licania egensis Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 58 (1888)
= Licania hookeri Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 56 (1889)
= Licania pallida (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 217 (1891), nom. illeg.
= Licania stenocarpa Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 258 (1937)
= Moquilea pallida Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 25 (1867)
species :
Leptobalanus parviflorus (Benth.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 27 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Norte de Santander, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; ?Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Acre); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
82 CLM FRG GUY VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania parviflora Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 221 (1840)
= Licania parviflora var. subfalcata Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 18 (1867)
species :
Leptobalanus persaudii (Fanshawe & Maguire) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 28 (2016)
Distribution: Guyana; French Guiana
82 FRG GUY
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania persaudii Fanshawe & Maguire; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 75: 375 (1948)
species :
Leptobalanus sclerophyllus (Mart. ex Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 28 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
82 CLM 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania sclerophylla (Mart. ex Hook.f.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 56 (1889)
= Licania aspera Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 254 (1937)
= Licania myristicoides Benth. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 24 (1867), pro syn.
= Licania scabra Benth. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 24 (1867), pro syn.
= Licania sclerophylla var. myristicoides (Hook.f.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 56 (1889)
= Licania sclerophylla var. scabra (Hook.f.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 56 (1889)
= Moquilea sclerophylla Mart. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 23 (1867)
= Moquilea sclerophylla var. myristicoides Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 24 (1867)
= Moquilea sclerophylla var. pohliana Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 24 (1867), nom. inval.
= Moquilea sclerophylla var. scabra Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 24 (1867)
species :
Leptobalanus sparsipilis (S.F.Blake) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 28 (2016)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Valle)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania sparsipilis S.F.Blake; Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 67 (1917)
species :
Leptobalanus sprucei (Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 28 (2016)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Pará, Amazonas)
82 FRG GUY VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania sprucei (Hook.f.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 55 (1889)
= Moquilea sprucei Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 22 (1867)
species :
Leptobalanus stevensii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 28 (2016)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania stevensii Prance; Kew Bull. 47(4): 637 (1992)
species :
Leptobalanus turbinatus (Benth.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 28 (2016)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania turbinata Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 218 (1840)
= Moquilea turbinata (Benth.) Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 23 (1867)
species :
Leptobalanus undulatus (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 28 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Caquetá)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania undulata Prance; Kew Bull. 50(4): 715 (1995)
species :
Leptobalanus wurdackii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 29 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania wurdackii Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 63 (1972)
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