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270.0000 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)
270.0415 Genus Simarouba Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 859, t. 331, 332 (1775)
Distribution: tropical America
Species listed in database: 6
species :
Simarouba amara Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 860 (1775)
Name: Acajou blanc, Boardwood, Bois blanc, Maruba (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Bolívar, Caquetá, Chocó, Córdoba, Guainía, Guaviare, Meta, Putumayo, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Valle, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON PAN 81 ABA BBD DOM GDL GRE MAR MTS STK STL STV TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR SWC VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Simarouba amara var. opaca Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 213 (1896)
= Simarouba amara var. puberula Cuatrec.; Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 8: 466 (1952)
= Simarouba opaca (Engl.) Radlk. ex F.Boas; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 29(1): 332 (1913)
= Zwingera amara (Aubl.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2: 569 (1799)
species :
Simarouba berteroana Krug & Urb. ex Urb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 306 (1892), et Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 238 (1912), descr. ampl.
Name: Aceituna, Daguilla, Juan primero (Dominican Republic), Bois frene, Olivo (Haiti)
Distribution: Dominican Republic; Haiti
81 HIS
species :
Simarouba glauca DC.; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 17: 424 (1811)
Name: Paradisetree, Amargo negro; Gavilan, Palo amargo, Palo blanco, Pluma de perico, Roblecillo (Cuba), Bitter ash, Daguilla, Juan primero, Laguilla, Palmito, Palo amargo, Quassia amarga, Quinquina d´Europe (Dominican Republic), Bois amer, Bois blanc, Bois frene, Bois negresse, Frene (Haiti), Bitter damson (Jamaica)
Distribution: USA (Florida); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
78 USA 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Quassia glauca (DC.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 672 (1821)
= Quassia glauca (DC.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 319 (1825)
= Quassia simarouba L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 234 (1782)
= Simarouba medicinalis Endl.; Med. Pfl. Österr. Pharm. 528 (1842)
= Simarouba officinalis DC.; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 17: 423 (1811)
= Simarouba officinalis f. glabra Krug & Urb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 305 (1892)
= Simarouba officinalis Macfad.; Fl. Jamaica [Macfadyen] 1: 198 (1837), nom. illeg.
variant :
var. latifolia Cronquist; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 71: 231 (1944)
Name: Paradise-tree (Bahamas)
Distribution: Mexico; Central America; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola
79 MEX 81 BAH CUB HIS JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Simarouba glauca subsp. latifolia (Cronquist) A.Noa; Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 43: 125 (2022)
species :
Simarouba laevis Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 49 (1866)
Name: Cuaba blanca (Cuba)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Quassia laevis (Griseb.) Noot.; Blumea 11: 525 (1963)
species :
Simarouba tulae Urb.; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 245 (1881), et Gartenflora 36: 157 (1887),t. 1298
Name: Aceitillo falso (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Puerto Rico
81 PUE
Synonyms: hidden
= Quassia tulae (Urb.) Noot.; Blumea 11: 526 (1963)
species :
Simarouba versicolor A.St.-Hil.; Pl. Usuel. Bras. t. 5 (1824)
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Tocantins, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Quassia versicolor (A.St.-Hil.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2), Cur. Post.: 163 (1827)
= Simarouba antisyphilitica Mart. ex Engl.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 225 (1860)
= Simarouba versicolor var. angustifolia Engl.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 225 (1874)
= Simarouba versicolor var. pallida Engl.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 225 (1874)
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