Uapaca

Uapaca
Uapaca kirkiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Uapaceae
Genus: Uapaca
Baill.
Type species
Uapaca thouarsii
Synonyms[2]
  • Canariastrum Engl.
  • Gymnocarpus Thouars ex Baill.
  • Aapaca Metzdorff

Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[3][4] It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar.[2][5][6][7] Uapaca is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[8]

species[2]
  1. Uapaca acuminata – Nigeria, C Africa
  2. Uapaca ambanjensis – NW Madagascar
  3. Uapaca amplifolia – NW Madagascar
  4. Uapaca bojeri – Madagascar
  5. Uapaca densifolia – Madagascar
  6. Uapaca ferruginea – Madagascar
  7. Uapaca guineensis – W + C Africa
  8. Uapaca heudelotii – W + C Africa
  9. Uapaca kirkiana – E + C + S Africa
  10. Uapaca lissopyrena – C + S Africa
  11. Uapaca littoralis – E Madagascar
  12. Uapaca louvelii – E Madagascar
  13. Uapaca mole – W + C Africa
  14. Uapaca niangadoumae – Gabon
  15. Uapaca nitida – E + C + S Africa
  16. Uapaca pilosa – E + C Africa
  17. Uapaca pynaertii – W + C Africa
  18. Uapaca robynsii – Katanga, Zambia, Malawi
  19. Uapaca rufopilosa – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia
  20. Uapaca sansibarica – E + C + S Africa
  21. Uapaca staudtii – Nigeria, C Africa
  22. Uapaca teusczii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia
  23. Uapaca thouarsii – E Madagascar
  24. Uapaca togoensis – W + C Africa
  25. Uapaca vanhouttei – Nigeria, C Africa
formerly included[2]

References

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  1. ^ lectotype designated by Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 18: 271 (1965)
  2. ^ a b c d "Uapaca Baill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  3. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 595
  4. ^ Tropicos, Uapaca Baill.
  5. ^ McPherson, G. (2011). A review of Madagascan Uapaca (Euphorbiaceae s.l.). Adansonia, III, 33: 221-231.
  6. ^ Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  7. ^ Breteler, F.J. (2013). Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision. Plant ecology and evolution 146: 75-94.
  8. ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.


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