Vouarana

Vouarana
Vouarana guianensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Subfamily:	Sapindoideae
Tribe:	Cupanieae
Genus:	Vouarana Aubl. [1]
Species
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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:

• Vouarana anomala (Steyerm.) Acev.-Rodr.
• Vouarana guianensis Aubl.

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. Bibcode:2009MolPE..51..238B. 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 (2): 215–242. doi: 10.5962/p.185919 .
4. "Vouarana". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 14 June 2020.