Vouarana

Vouarana is a genus of medium-sized trees of the soapberry subfamily Sapindoideae, native to tropical southern Central America and northern South America. It is closely related to the genus Cupania.[2] As was his wont, Aublet named the genus after what the local people called the plants, a practice his contemporaries criticized as barbarous.[3]

Vouarana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Sapindoideae
Tribe: Cupanieae
Genus: Vouarana
Aubl.[1]
Species

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Species

Species currently accepted by The Plant List[4] are as follows:

  • Vouarana anomala (Steyerm.) Acev.-Rodr.
  • Vouarana guianensis Aubl.

References
  1. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2 (Suppl.): 12 (1775)
  2. Buerki, Sven; Forest, Félix; Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro; Callmander, Martin W.; Nylander, Johan A.A.; Harrington, Mark; Sanmartín, Isabel; Küpfer, Philippe; Alvarez, Nadir (2009). "Plastid and nuclear DNA markers reveal intricate relationships at subfamilial and tribal levels in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51 (2): 238–258. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.012. hdl:10261/167004. PMID 19405193.
  3. Zarucchi, James Lee (1984). "The treatment of Aublet's generic names by his contemporaries and by present-day taxonomists". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 65: 215–242.
  4. "Vouarana". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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