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Vouarana

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Vouarana is a genus of medium-sized trees of the soapberry subfamily Sapindoideae, native to tropical southern Central America and northern South America. It is closely related to the genus Cupania.[2] As was his wont, Aublet named the genus after what the local people called the plants, a practice his contemporaries criticized as barbarous.[3]

Species

Species currently accepted by The Plant List[4] are as follows:

References

  1. ^ Hist. Pl. Guiane 2 (Suppl.): 12 (1775)
  2. ^ Buerki, Sven; Forest, Félix; Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro; Callmander, Martin W.; Nylander, Johan A.A.; Harrington, Mark; Sanmartín, Isabel; Küpfer, Philippe; Alvarez, Nadir (2009). "Plastid and nuclear DNA markers reveal intricate relationships at subfamilial and tribal levels in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51 (2): 238–258. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.012. hdl:10261/167004. PMID 19405193.
  3. ^ Zarucchi, James Lee (1984). "The treatment of Aublet's generic names by his contemporaries and by present-day taxonomists". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 65: 215–242.
  4. ^ "Vouarana". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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Vouarana: Brief Summary

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Vouarana is a genus of medium-sized trees of the soapberry subfamily Sapindoideae, native to tropical southern Central America and northern South America. It is closely related to the genus Cupania. As was his wont, Aublet named the genus after what the local people called the plants, a practice his contemporaries criticized as barbarous.

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