Chrysobalanaceae
Couepia

Couepia polyandra (Kunth) Rose

First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 5: 196 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1962 Palmer, E. [401] Mexico K000661697 No
Jul 1, 1962 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [14008] Mexico K000661699 No
Jul 1, 1962 Palmer, E. [401] Mexico K000661698 No
Herrera, G. [7350] Costa Rica K004433815 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [s.n.] Mexico K004433802 Yes
Valverde, Ó. [41] Costa Rica K004433813 Yes
Campell, E.J.F. [s.n.] Honduras K004433812 Yes
Gomez Chagala, B. [700] Mexico K004433795 Yes
Ortega, J.G. [85] Mexico K004433803 Yes
Reyna, M.L. [1433] El Salvador K004433807 Yes
Huber, W.; Weissenhofer, A. [1583] Costa Rica K004433814 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [955] Mexico K004433804 Yes
Lévy, P. [42] K004433818 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [12074] Mexico K004433801 Yes
Matuda, E. [3102] Mexico K004433799 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [s.n.] Belize K004433810 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhán, J. [15939] Mexico K004433797 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [6285] Mexico K004433805 Yes
Linden [1603] Mexico K004433806 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [569] Belize K004433808 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [717] Belize K004433809 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sanchez, P.; Zamora, N. [11512] Costa Rica K004433817 Yes
Matuda, E. [3585] Mexico K004433798 Yes
Belize K:SPC-65681.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K004433800 Yes
Tonduz, A. [13858] Costa Rica K004433816 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Belize K004433811 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images