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Uapaca

Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar. Uapaca is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.species

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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
Synonyms2
  • Canariastrum Engl.
  • Gymnocarpus Thouars ex Baill.
  • Aapaca Metzdorff

Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.34 It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar.2567 Uapaca is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.8

species2
  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 included2
  • Uapaca benguelensis – Uapaca kirkiana var. benguelensis
  • Uapaca esculenta – Uapaca pynaertii
  • Uapaca gossweileri – Uapaca kirkiana var. gossweileri
  • Uapaca griffithii – Drypetes riseleyi
  • Uapaca katentaniensis – Uapaca teusczii f. pilosa
References

References

  1. lectotype designated by Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 18: 271 (1965)
  2. "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.