Simaba
Simaba | |
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Simaba cedron-Semilla | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Simaroubaceae |
Genus: | Simaba Aubl. |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Simaba is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae.[1]
Its native range stretches from southern tropical America and Trinidad, across to western tropical Africa to Angola then across to western Malesia.[1]
It was first published by French botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1720–1778), in Hist. Pl. Guiane on page 409 in 1775.[1]
Hans Peter Nooteboom (1934–2022) in 1962 (published in 1963), took a very broad view of the genus Quassia L. and included therein various genera including, Hannoa Planch., Odyendyea (Pierre) Engl., Pierreodendron Engl., Samadera Gaertn., Simaba Aubl. and Simarouba Aubl.[2] In 2007, molecular analyses of the Simaroubaceae family (Clayton et al., 2007), suggested the splitting up of genera Quassia again, with all Nooteboom's synonyms listed above being resurrected as independent genera.[3]
Species
[edit]As accepted by Plants of the World Online;[1]
- Simaba guianensis Aubl.
- Simaba monophylla (Oliv.) Cronquist
- Simaba obovata Spruce ex Engl.
- Simaba orinocensis Kunth
- Simaba polyphylla (Cavalcante) W.W.Thomas
Distribution
[edit]The genus is native to the countries (and regions) of; southern America (within Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela), the Caribbean, (within Trinidad and Tobago), tropical Africa (within Angola, Cabinda (in Angola), Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Zaïre (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) and western Malesia (within Borneo and Sumatra).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Simaba". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Noteboom, Hans Peter (1962). "Generic delimitation in Simaroubaceae tribus Simaroubeae and a conspectus of the genus Quassia L." (PDF). Blumea. XI (2): 509–28. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Clayton, J.W.; Fernando, E.S.; Soltis, P.S.; Soltis, D.E. (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the Tree-of-Heaven family (Simaroubaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear markers". Int. J. Plant Sci. 168 (9): 1325–1339. doi:10.1086/521796.
- Simaroubaceae
- Sapindales genera
- Plants described in 1775
- Flora of Costa Rica
- Flora of Panama
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
- Flora of Angola
- Flora of Borneo
- Flora of Sumatra
- Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet