Carapa guianensis

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: Carapa guianensis

Name

Carapa guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2(Suppl.): 32, t. 387 (1775).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Granatum guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 110 (1891).
    • Xylocarpus carapa Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 213 (1825).
  • Heterotypic
    • Guarea mucronulata C.DC., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 499 (1917).
    • Carapa macrocarpa Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 191 (1922).
    • Carapa latifolia Willd. ex C.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 718 (1878).
    • Persoonia guareoides Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2: 331 (1799).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • 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, 2nd 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

Vernacular names

English: andiroba, crapaud (Trinidad), crabwood, crappo (Trinidad)
português: Andiroba
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