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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)
324.0026 Genus Moquilea Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 521, t. 208 (1775)
Distribution: Tropical America
Species listed in database: 54
species :
Moquilea angustata (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 32 (2016)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania angustata Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 53 (1972)
species :
Moquilea anneae (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 32 (2016)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania anneae Prance; Brittonia 31(2): 250 (1979)
species :
Moquilea araneosa (Taub.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 33 (2016)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania araneosa Taub.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 428 (1896)
species :
Moquilea belloi (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 33 (2016)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica
80 COS NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania belloi Prance; Kew Bull. 50(4): 709 (1995)
species :
Moquilea boliviensis (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 33 (2016)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania boliviensis Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 43 (1972)
species :
Moquilea brittoniana (Fritsch) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 33 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania brittoniana Fritsch; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 42: 6 (1892)
= Licania elata (Pilg.) Pilg. ex L.O.Williams; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 15: 174 (1936), descr. anat., anglice
= Moquilea elata Pilg.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 136 (1914)
= Licania pallida Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 9 (1890), nom. illeg.
species :
Moquilea cabrerae (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 33 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania cabrerae Prance; Brittonia 28(2): 210 (1976)
species :
Moquilea cariae (Cardozo) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 33 (2016)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania cariae Cardozo; Ernstia, n. s. 1(4): 143 (1992)
species :
Moquilea cecidiophora (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 33 (2016)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania cecidiophora Prance; Biotropica 10: 85 (1978)
species :
Moquilea celiae (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 33 (2016)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania celiae Prance; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 64: 198 (1990)
species :
Moquilea chiriquiensis (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 34 (2016)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania chiriquiensis Prance; Brittonia 29(2): 154 (1977)
species :
Moquilea chocoensis (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 34 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania chocoensis Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 65 (1950)
species :
Moquilea corniculata (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 34 (2016)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania corniculata Prance; Kew Bull. 50(1): 141 (1995)
species :
Moquilea dodsonii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 34 (2016)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Valle); Ecuador
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania dodsonii Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 27 (1989)
species :
Moquilea durifolia (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 34 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Valle); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania durifolia Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 61 (1950)
species :
Moquilea egleri (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 34 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Putumayo, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas); Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania egleri Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 56 (1972)
species :
Moquilea espinae (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 34 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania espinae Prance; Kew Bull. 47(4): 633 (1992)
species :
Moquilea fasciculata (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 34 (2016)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania fasciculata Prance; Acta Amazonica 8(4): 579 (1978)
species :
Moquilea filomenoi (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 35 (2016)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania filomenoi Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 20 (1989)
species :
Moquilea fritschii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 35 (2016)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania fritschii Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 59 (1972)
species :
Moquilea gentryi (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 35 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania gentryi Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 24 (1989)
species :
Moquilea gonzalezii (Miranda) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 35 (2016)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania gonzalezii Miranda; Bol. Soc. Bot. México 29: 36 (1965)
species :
Moquilea grandibracteata (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 35 (2016)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania grandibracteata Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 22 (1989)
species :
Moquilea guatemalensis (Lundell) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 35 (2016)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
Remarks: known only from type
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania guatemalensis Lundell; Wrightia 5: 39 (1974)
species :
Moquilea guianensis Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 521 (1775)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Venezuela (Bolívar, Delta Amacuro); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhão)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania guianensis (Aubl.) Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: (Syst. Veg. Karaiben, 50) 198 (1857)
species :
Moquilea hedbergii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 35 (2016)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania hedbergii Prance; Opera Bot. 121: 279 (1993)
species :
Moquilea imbaimadaiensis (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 35 (2016)
Distribution: Guyana
82 GUY
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania imbaimadaiensis Prance; Kew Bull. 47(4): 635 (1992)
species :
Moquilea jaramilloi (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 36 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania jaramilloi Prance; Kew Bull. 47(2): 249 (1992)
species :
Moquilea kallunkiae (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 36 (2016)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania kallunkii Prance; Acta Amazonica 8(4): 583 (1978) (´kallunkiae´)
species :
Moquilea klugii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 36 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania klugii Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 47 (1972)
species :
Moquilea leucosepala (Griseb.) R.O.Williams; Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 1: 315 (1932)
Distribution: Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Meta, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Sucre)
81 DOM GDL STL STV TRT 82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania leucosepala Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 198 (1857)
species :
Moquilea longicuspidata (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 36 (2016)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania longicuspidata Prance; Kew Bull. 50(4): 707 (1995)
species :
Moquilea longipedicellata (Ducke) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 36 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania longipedicellata Ducke; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 4: 725 (1932)
species :
Moquilea longipetala (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 36 (2016)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania longipetala Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 62 (1972)
species :
Moquilea magnifructa Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 74(4)-54: 1 (2019)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Chocó, Valle); Ecuador; Peru
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Moquilea macrocarpa (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 36 (2016), nom. illeg.
= Licania macrocarpa Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 107 (1951)
species :
Moquilea maranhensis (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 37 (2016)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Maranhão)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania maranhensis Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 58 (1972)
species :
Moquilea maritima (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 37 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania maritima Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 44 (1972)
species :
Moquilea megalophylla (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 37 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania megalophylla Prance; Kew Bull. 46(1): 105 (1991)
species :
Moquilea minutiflora Sagot; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 6, 15: 308 (1883)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Bolivia (Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhão); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul)
82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania minutiflora (Sagot) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 54 (1889)
= Licania riparia (Gleason) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 258 (1937)
= Licania rondonii Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 540 (1923)
= Moquilea riparia Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 61: 192 (1934)
species :
Moquilea montana (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 37 (2016)
Distribution: Venezuela (Lara)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania montana Prance; Brittonia 28(2): 212 (1976)
species :
Moquilea palcazuensis (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 37 (2016)
Distribution: Peru (Pasco)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania palcazuensis Prance; PhytoKeys 42: 2 (2014)
species :
Moquilea platypus Hemsl.; Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic. 9 (1879)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Tobago [I]; Colombia (Bolívar, Córdoba)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 trt 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 53 (1889)
species :
Moquilea pyrifolia (Griseb.) R.O.Williams; Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 1: 314 (1932)
Distribution: Martinique; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia (Arauca, Casanare, Meta); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Portuguesa, Tachira, Zulia)
81 MAR trt 82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Moquilea macrocarpa Pittier; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 4: 352 (1938)
= Licania pyrifolia Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 230 (1860)
species :
Moquilea salicifolia (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 38 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania salicifolia Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27(2): 111 (1951)
species :
Moquilea salzmannii Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 21 (1867)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Espírito Santo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania salzmannii (Hook.f.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 49 (1889)
species :
Moquilea silvatica (Glaziou ex Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 38 (2016)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Espírito Santo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania silvatica Glaziou ex Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 90 (1972)
species :
Moquilea subarachnophylla (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 38 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Casanare, Guaviare, Meta); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania subarachnophylla Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27(2): 110 (1951)
species :
Moquilea tachirensis (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 38 (2016)
Distribution: Venezuela (Tachira)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania tachirensis Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 30 (1989)
species :
Moquilea tambopatensis (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 38 (2016)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania tambopatensis Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 36 (1989)
species :
Moquilea tomentosa Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 215 (1840)
Distribution: Colombia [I]; NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
82 clm 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania tomentosa Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 217 (1891)
= Licania tomentosa (Benth.) Fritsch; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 4: 52 (1889)
= Moquilea tomentosa var. angustifolia Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 21 (1867)
= Moquilea tomentosa var. latifolia Hook.f.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 21 (1867)
= Pleragina odorata Arruda; Trav. Brazil [Köster] 499 (1816), nom. subnud.
species :
Moquilea unguiculata (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 38 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Peru; N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia)
82 CLM 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania unguiculata Prance; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 60 (1972)
species :
Moquilea vasquezii (Prance) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 39 (2016)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania vasquezii Prance; Kew Bull. 47(2): 251 (1992)
species :
Moquilea velata (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 39 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño, Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania velata Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 60 (1950)
species :
Moquilea veneralensis (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance; Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 39 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Nariño, Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Licania veneralensis Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27(2): 109 (1951)
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