Carapa procera

Carapa procera

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: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Carapa
Species: Carapa procera

Name

Carapa procera DC., Prodr. 1: 626 (1824).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Trichilia procera Forsyth ex DC., Prodr. 1: 626 (1824).
  • Xylocarpus procerus (DC.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 793 (1841).
  • Racapa procera (DC.) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 123 (1846).
  • Granatum procerum (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 110 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Carapa guineensis Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 72 (1826).
    • Xylocarpus guineensis (Sweet) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 124 (1846).
  • Carapa gummiflua C.DC., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 11 (1907).
  • Carapa guyanensis Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 336 (1868).
  • Carapa touloucouna Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 128 (1831).
  • Xylocarpus touloucouna (Guill. & Perr.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 793 (1841).
  • Touloucouna gigantea M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 123 (1846).
  • Zelea splendens Ten., Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 3: 504 (1841 publ. 1842).
    • Zurloa splendens (Ten.) Ten., Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 99 (1845).
  • Zurloa insignis Ten., Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 3: 503 (1841 publ. 1842).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Gulf of Guinea Islands. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Vietnam (introduced). Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana (doubtfully present), Suriname. Regional: Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 1: Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. VI+746 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 626 (1824).

Additional references

• Kenfack, D. 2011. A Synoptic Revision of Carapa (Meliaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 16(2): 171–231. DOI: 10.3100/0.25.016.0201 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Carapa procera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Carapa procera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Carapa procera. Published online. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Carapa procera. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Carapa procera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 1. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carapa procera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

中文: 楂楝

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