Meliaceae

Carapa Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 2(Suppl.): 32 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical America, Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zaïre

Introduced into:

Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kenfack, D. (2011). A synoptic revision of Carapa (Meliaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 171-231.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Harms in E. & P. Pflanzenfam 19B, 1: 77 (1940).
  • —F.T.A. 1: 336

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hist. Pl. Guiane. Fr. 2, Suppl.: 32, t. 387 (1775)
  • Noamesi, A revision of the Xylocarpeae, unpublished thesis University of Wisconsin: 35 (1958)
  • Pennington & Styles in Blumea 22: 524 (1975)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2010 Etuge, M. [5285] Cameroon K000673304 No
Sep 1, 2009 Cheek, M. [8008] Cameroon K000518760 No
Sep 1, 2009 Cheek, M. [8008] Cameroon K000580211 No
Sep 1, 2009 Etuge, M. [4889] Cameroon K000518759 No
Sep 1, 2009 Cheek, M. [8008] Cameroon K000580212 No
Jan 1, 2009 Cheek, M. [5516] Cameroon K000518761 No
Jan 1, 2009 Cheek, M. [5516] Cameroon K000580214 No
Jan 1, 2008 Sonké, B. [1202] Cameroon K000008891 No
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [632] Cameroon K000436144 No
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [733] Cameroon K000437520 No
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [11503 (6)] Equatorial Guinea K001553716 Yes
Harris, D. [2731] Central African Republic K001636228 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [6702] Angola K001307757 No
Cazalet, P.; Pennington, T. [5044] Ecuador K:SPC-22675.000 No
Moutsambote, J.M.; Pollard, B.J.; Nsongola, G.; Nzita, S.; Tsiiba, C.; Makital, A.; M'Boungou, R.; Otheonene, A.; Weber, O. [6604] Congo, Republic of the K000617452 No
Mpandzou, A.L.; Mpandzou, A.; Cheek, M.; Kami, E.; Nkondon, F.; Ngamomo.; Mbani.; Tsoumou. [1092] Congo, Republic of the K000673314 No
Gossweiler, J. [4391] Angola K001307759 No
Harley, R.M. [9185] Tanzania K001636226 Yes
Harris, D. [2731] Central African Republic K001636227 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [728] Angola K001307760 No
Mpandzou, A.L.; Cheek.; Kami, E.; Nkondi.; Nagmono, A.; Mbani, E.; Tsoumou, T. [913] Congo, Republic of the K000678822 No
Mountsamboté, J.-M.; Pollard, B.J.; Nsongola, G.; Nzita, S.; Tsiiba, C.; Makital, A.; Weber, O. [6426] Congo, Republic of the K000582197 No
Cheek, M. [7361] Cameroon K000460134 No
Pennington, R.T.; Whitmore, T.C. [327] Guyana K:SPC-29047.777 No
Gossweiler, J. [6702] Angola K001307756 No
Gossweiler, J. [6702] Angola K001307758 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0