Melicoccus

Melicoccus bijugatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Sapindoideae
Tribus: Melicocceae
Genus:
Species: M. antioquensis – M. aymardii – M. bijugatus – M. espiritosantensis – M. jimenezii – M. lepidopetalus – M. novogranatensis – M. oliviformis – M. pedicellaris – M. petiolulatus

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name

Melicoccus P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 210–211 (1756)

  • Type species: Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 19 (1760)

Synonyms

  • Melicocca L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 495 (1762), nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • Casimira Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 234 (1777), nom. illeg.
  • Heterotypic
    • Talisia sect. Cotopais Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 8: 342 (1878)
      • Type species: Talisia oliviformis (Kunth) Radlk., loc. cit. [≡ Melicoccus oliviformis Kunth]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central (Mato Grosso do Sul), Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil Southeast (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro), Brazil North (Amazonas, Amapá, Pará).
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast (Corrientes), Paraguay.

Note: introduced areas are not displayed here; see each specific entry.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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