Simaba guianensis subsp. guianensis

This subspecies is accepted

The native range of this subspecies is S. Tropical America. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname

Aruba cuspidata (Spruce ex Engl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 103 (1891)
Aruba guianensis Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 293 (1775)
Aruba nigrescens (Engl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 103 (1891)
Quassia aruba (A.St.-Hil. ex DC.) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 2: 1416 (1840)
Quassia cuspidata (Spruce ex Engl.) Noot. in Blumea 11: 522 (1963)
Simaba aruba A.St.-Hil. ex DC. in Prodr. 1: 734 (1824)
Simaba cuspidata Spruce ex Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 212 (1874)
Simaba cuspidata var. nigrescens (Engl.) Ducke ex Cronquist in Lloydia 7: 85 (1944)
Simaba cuspidata var. typica Cronquist in Lloydia 7: 85 (1944), not validly publ.
Simaba guianensis (Aubl.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 211 (1874), nom. illeg.
Simaba guianensis var. schomburgkiana Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 212 (1874)
Simaba multiflora var. schomburgkiana Sandwith in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 81 (1929)
Simaba nigrescens Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 213 (1874)
Zwingera aruba (A.St.-Hil. ex DC.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 319 (1825), nom. superfl.

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
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.
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.
Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
	Spruce, R. [1751], Brazil	Quassia cuspidata	K000536887		Yes
	Spruce, R. [1751], Brazil	Quassia cuspidata	K000536886		Yes

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 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 2023. 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

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