Sapindaceae
Cupania

Cupania americana L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 200 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 24, 2009 Klitgaard, B.B., et al. [198] Ecuador K000542858 Yes
Jan 30, 2009 Rio Negro K000586247 No
Jan 30, 2009 Rio Negro K000586246 No
Jan 30, 2009 Guatemala K000586216 No
Pennington, T.D.; Linares, C.; Bulnes, F. Peru K004640100 Yes
Williams, L. Venezuela K004640078 Yes
Zak, V.; Jaramillo, J. Ecuador K004640087 Yes
s.coll. Peru K004640073 Yes
Jack, J.G. Cuba K000774399 No
Sugden, A. K004640091 Yes
s.coll. K004314810 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Linares, C.; Bulnes, F. Peru K004640096 Yes
Wright, C. Cuba K000774398 No
Tucker, J.M. El Salvador K004314663 Yes
Ekman, E.L. Haiti K004314805 Yes
Vester, H.; Roman, R. Colombia K004640075 Yes
von Turckheim, H. Dominican Republic K004314809 Yes
Valeur, E.J. Dominican Republic K004314807 Yes
Valeur, E.J. Dominican Republic K004314802 Yes
Quelal, C.; Tipaz, G.; Grijalva, A. Ecuador K004640085 Yes
Fuentes, A.; et al. Bolivia K004640082 Yes
Valeur, E.J. Dominican Republic K004314808 Yes
Bunting, G.S. Venezuela K004640081 Yes
Liogier, A.H. Dominican Republic K004314804 Yes
s.coll. Venezuela K004640074 Yes
s.coll. Cuba K000774394 No
Callejas, R.; Fonnegra, R.; Roldan, F.J.; Arbeláez, A.L. Colombia K004640093 Yes
Meier, W.; Walther-Weisbeck, K. Venezuela K004640088 Yes
Williams, L. Venezuela K004640080 Yes
Valeur, E.J. Dominican Republic K004314803 Yes
s.coll. K004314662 Yes
Marcano-Berti, L.; Torres Lezamae, A. Venezuela K004640092 Yes
Fuentes, A.; et al. Bolivia K004640083 Yes
Rugel, F. Cuba K004314811 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C.; Díaz, C. Peru K004640097 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Linares, C.; Bulnes, F. Peru K004640099 Yes
Costa, L.V.; et al. K001250970 No
Fuertes, P.M. Dominican Republic K004314806 Yes
Daza, A.; Pennington, T.D. Peru K004640072 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. Cuba K000774393 No
Eggers K004314812 Yes
Fernandez, A. Venezuela K004640090 Yes
Rugel, J. Cuba K000774396 No
Daza, A.; Pennington, T.D. Peru K004640071 Yes
Poeppig Cuba K000774400 No
Rosales, J.; Briceño, E. Venezuela K004640086 Yes
Fendler, A. Venezuela K004640079 Yes
Wright, C. Cuba K000774401 No
Breteler, F.J. Venezuela K004640089 Yes
Vester, H.; Roman, R. Colombia K004640076 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C.; Díaz, C. Peru K004640094 Yes
Foster, R.B.; d'Achille, B.; A. de la Cruz Peru K004640095 Yes
Ekman, E.L. Cuba K000774402 No
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Callejas, R.; Churchill, S.P. Colombia K004640077 Yes
s.coll. K004314655 Yes
Fuentes, A.; Miranda, T.; Maldonado, C.; Sito, F.; Paniagua, N.; Montecinos, E.; Lipa, V.; De La Quintana, D. Bolivia K004640084 Yes
Nee, M. Bolivia K004640098 Yes
Wright, C. Cuba K000774395 No
Ecuador K000542858 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0