Carapa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Carapa
Species: C. akuri – C. alticola – C. amorphocarpa – C. angustifolia – C. batesii – C. dinklagei – C. gogo – C. grandiflora – C. guianensis – C. hygrophila – C. littoralis – C. llanocarti – C. longipetala – C. macrantha – C. megistocarpa – C. microcarpa – C. nicaraguensis – C. pariensis – C. parviflora – C. planadensis – C. procera – C. surinamensis – C. vasquezii – C. velutina – C. wohllebenii

Name

Carapa Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2(Suppl.): 32 (1775).

Type species: C. guianensis Aubl.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Persoonia Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2: 331 (1799).
- Racapa M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 123 (1846).
- Touloucouna M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 123 (1846).
- Zelea Ten., Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 3: 504 (1841 publ. 1842).
- Zurloa Ten., Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 3: 503 (1841 publ. 1842).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Vietnam (introduced).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 2. Pp. 622–976, tabl. 1–52, misc. 1–160. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Kenfack, D. 2011. A Synoptic Revision of Carapa (Meliaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 16(2): 171–231. DOI: 10.3100/0.25.016.0201 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Carapa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 1. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Carapa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Carapa. Published online. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Carapa. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Carapa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 1. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Carapa. .

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