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Cupania
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Also known as toadwood, toadwoods, cupanias

Cupania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. It includes 58 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico and south Florida through Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to northern Argentina. thumb|right|Camboatá (Cupania vernalis)

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSapindales
  5. FamilySapindaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba
Observations recorded44,441

Common Name: tamarind tree

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,638
With media
725
Family
Sapindaceae
Collections
ECOSUR, CICY, IIB-UV, INECOL, UJAT, UCMP
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Brazil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Sapindaceae
Image
Camboatá (Cupania vernalis) 3.jpg
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Commons category
Cupania
taxon name
Cupania
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cupania
taxon common name
cupania
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Encyclopedic overview

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Cupania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. It includes 58 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico and south Florida through Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to northern Argentina. thumb|right|Camboatá (Cupania vernalis)

==Species== 58 species are accepted: Cupania americana Cupania belizensis Cupania bracteosa Cupania castaneifolia Cupania cinerea Cupania clavelligera Cupania concolor Cupania congestiflora Cupania crassifolia Cupania dentata Cupania diphylla Cupania dukei Cupania emarginata Cupania fluminensis Cupania furfuracea Cupania glabra Cupania grandiflora Cupania guatemalensis Cupania hirsuta Cupania hispida Cupania impressinervia Cupania inaequilatera Cupania juglandifolia Cupania kukenanica Cupania largifolia Cupania latifolia Cupania liberiana Cupania livida Cupania longicaudata Cupania ludowigii Cupania macrostylis Cupania mayana Cupania mollis Cupania moraesiana Cupania moralesii Cupania oblongifolia Cupania olivacea Cupania paniculata Cupania platycarpa Cupania polyodonta Cupania polyzyga Cupania quepoarum Cupania racemosa Cupania radlkoferi Cupania rigida Cupania riopalenquensis Cupania rubiginosa Cupania rufescens Cupania rugosa Cupania schizoneura Cupania scrobiculata Cupania seemannii Cupania semiglabra Cupania spectabilis Cupania tenuivalvis Cupania triquetra Cupania vernalis Cupania zanthoxyloides horticultural names Cupania elegans L.Linden., 1893

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