Carapa Aubl.
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
- Persoonia Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 2: 331 (1799), nom. illeg.
- Racapa M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 123 (1846)
- Touloucouna M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 123 (1846)
- Zelea Ten. in Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 3: 504 (1841 publ. 1842)
- Zurloa Ten. in Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 3: 503 (1841 publ. 1842)
Accepted Species
- Carapa akuri Poncy, Forget & Kenfack
- Carapa alticola Kenfack & Á.J.Pérez
- Carapa amorphocarpa W.Palacios
- Carapa angustifolia Harms
- Carapa batesii C.DC.
- Carapa dinklagei Harms
- Carapa gogo A.Chev. ex Kenfack
- Carapa grandiflora Sprague
- Carapa guianensis Aubl.
- Carapa hygrophila Harms
- Carapa littoralis Kenfack
- Carapa llanocarti Kenfack
- Carapa longipetala Kenfack
- Carapa macrantha Harms
- Carapa megistocarpa A.H.Gentry & Dodson
- Carapa microcarpa A.Chev.
- Carapa nicaraguensis C.DC.
- Carapa pariensis Kenfack
- Carapa parviflora Harms
- Carapa planadensis Kenfack
- Carapa procera DC.
- Carapa surinamensis Miq.
- Carapa vasquezii Kenfack
- Carapa velutina C.DC.
- Carapa wohllebenii Eb.Fisch., Killmann, Leh & S.B.Janssens
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- Noamesi, A revision of the Xylocarpeae, unpublished thesis University of Wisconsin: 35 (1958)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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2009 | Etuge, M. [4889], Cameroon | K000518759 | No | ||
| Sep 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [8008], Cameroon | K000518760 | No | ||
| Sep 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [8008], Cameroon | K000580212 | No | ||
| Sep 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [8008], Cameroon | K000580211 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [5516], Cameroon | K000580214 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [5516], Cameroon | K000518761 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Watts, J. [632], Cameroon | K000436144 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [733], Cameroon | K000437520 | No | ||
| Cazalet, P. [5044], Ecuador | 22675.000 | No | |||
| Pennington, R.T. [327], Guyana | 29047.777 | No | |||
| Cheek, M. [7361], Cameroon | K000460134 | No |
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0