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| Couepia grandiflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
| Genus: | Couepia Aubl. |
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Couepia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1775.[2][3][4][5][6]
Couepia is native to the tropical Americas, ranging from western and southern Mexico through Central America and tropical South America to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.[1]
Species
[edit]63 species are accepted.[1]
- Couepia belemii Prance – Bahia, Espírito Santo
- Couepia bernardii Prance – NW Brazil, N Peru
- Couepia bondarii Prance – Bahia
- Couepia bracteosa Benth. – Suriname to Bolivia
- Couepia brevistaminea Barb.Silva & Antar – Goiás, Tocantins
- Couepia carautae Prance – Espírito Santo
- Couepia caryophylloides Benoist – Suriname, Fr Guiana, N Brazil
- Couepia cataractae Ducke – Rondônia, Pará
- Couepia chrysocalyx (Poepp.) Benth. ex Hook.f. – NW South America
- Couepia cidiana Prance – Pará
- Couepia coarctata Prance – Bahia
- Couepia comosa Benth. – Bolívar, Guyana
- Couepia eriantha Spruce ex Hook.f. – N Brazil
- Couepia excelsa Ducke – Fr Guiana, N Brazil
- Couepia exflexa Fanshawe & Maguire – Fr Guiana, Guyana
- Couepia froesii Prance – N Brazil
- Couepia glabra Prance – Amazonas B
- Couepia grandiflora (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook.f. – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Couepia guianensis Aubl. – N South America
- Couepia habrantha Standl. – N South America
- Couepia hallwachsiae D.Santam. & Lagom. – Costa Rica
- Couepia hondurasensis Prance – Honduras
- Couepia impressa Prance – NE Brazil
- Couepia insignis Fritsch – Bahia
- Couepia janzenii D.Santam. & Lagom. – Costa Rica and Panama
- Couepia joaquinae Prance – Fr Guiana, Amapá
- Couepia krukovii Standl. – NW Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia
- Couepia latifolia Standl. – NW Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
- Couepia leitaofilhoi Prance – São Paulo
- Couepia longipetiolata Prance – Bahia
- Couepia macrophylla Spruce ex Hook.f. – NW South America, Panama
- Couepia magnoliifolia Benth. ex Hook.f. – Amazonas B, Fr Guiana
- Couepia maguirei Prance – S Venezuela, N Brazil
- Couepia marleneae Prance – Amazonas B
- Couepia martini Prance – French Guiana
- Couepia meridionalis Prance – São Paulo
- Couepia monteclarensis Prance – Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
- Couepia morii Prance – Amazonas B
- Couepia multiflora Benth. – Guyana, Roraima
- Couepia nutans Prance – Colombia
- Couepia obovata Ducke – tropical South America
- Couepia osaensis Aguilar & D.Santam. – Costa Rica
- Couepia ovalifolia (Schott) Benth. ex Hook.f. – E Brazil
- Couepia oxossii Amorim & Asprino – Bahia
- Couepia paraensis (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. – tropical South America
- Couepia parvifolia Prance – Rio de Janeiro
- Couepia pernambucensis Prance – Pernambuco, Bahia
- Couepia polyandra (Kunth) Rose – Mexico, Central America
- Couepia rankiniae Prance – Amazonas B, Fr Guiana
- Couepia recurva Ducke – Ecuador, Peru
- Couepia reflexa Ducke – Pará
- Couepia robusta Huber – NE Brazil
- Couepia rufa Ducke – E Brazil
- Couepia sandwithii Prance – Venezuela, Guyana
- Couepia schottii Fritsch – Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
- Couepia scottmorii Prance – Panama
- Couepia spicata Ducke – Amazonas B
- Couepia stipularis Ducke – Amazonas B
- Couepia subcordata Benth. ex Hook.f. – NW South America
- Couepia trapezioana Cuatrec. – NW South America
- Couepia uiti (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook.f. – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Couepia ulei Pilg. – NW South America
- Couepia venosa Prance – SE Brazil
- Couepia williamsii J.F.Macbr. – NW South America
Formerly placed here
[edit]- Acioa dolichopoda (Prance) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia dolichopoda Prance)
- Acioa longipendula (Pilg.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia longipendula Pilg.)[7]
- Cordillera platycalyx (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia platycalyx Cuatrec.)[8]
- Gaulettia canescens (Gleason) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia canescens (Gleason) Prance)
- Gaulettia canomensis (Mart.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia canomensis (Mart.) Benth. ex Hook.f.)
- Gaulettia cognata (Steud.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia cognata (Steud.) Fritsch)
- Gaulettia elata (Ducke) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia elata Ducke)
- Gaulettia foveolata (Prance) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia foveolata Prance)
- Gaulettia parillo (DC.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia parillo DC.)
- Gaulettia racemosa (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia racemosa Benth. ex Hook.f.)
- Gaulettia steyermarkii (Maguire) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia steyermarkii Maguire)
References
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- 1 2 3 "Couepia Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ↑ Couepia Aubl. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objects intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane Françoise, & une notice des plantes de l'Isle-de-France 1: 519-521 description in Latin, commentary in French.
- ↑ Couepia Aubl. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objects intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane Françoise, & une notice des plantes de l'Isle-de-France vol 4, plate 207 line drawing
- ↑ Tropicos, Couepia Aubl.
- ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Erythroxylaceae a Icacinaceae. 3(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- ↑ Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184.
- ↑ "Acioa longipendula (Pilg.) Sothers & Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ↑ "Cordillera platycalyx (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
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