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Couepia

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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]

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Couepia
Couepia grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Couepia
Aubl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Acia Schreb., nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Dulacia Neck., opus utique oppr.
  • Pleragina Arruda, nom. nud.
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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

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

  • 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)

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