Roupala
Sign in to saveRoupala is a Neotropical genus of woody shrubs and trees in the plant family Proteaceae. Its 34 species are generally found in forests from sea level to altitude from Mexico to Argentina.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderProteales
- FamilyProteaceae
Roupala es un género de plantas con flores de la familia de las Proteaceae.[1] Índice 1 Taxonomía 2 Especies 3 Referencias 4 Enlaces externos Taxonomía Roupala fue descrito por Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet y publicado en Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 83, t. 32. 1775.[2] La especie tipo es: Roupala montana Aubl. Consta de 50 especies y aproximadamente 180 subespecies, variedades, formas, y cultivares, endémicas desde el centro de México hasta el norte de Argentina y sudeste de Brasil. Especies Roupala brachybotrys, I.M.Johnst. Roupala brasiliensis Klotzsch Roupala loxensis, I.M.Johnst. Roupala mexicana K.S.Edwards & Prance Roupala montana Aubl. Roupala obovata Kunth Roupala pinnata, (Ruiz & Pav.) Diels Roupala sphenophyllum, Diels ex Skinner Roupala obtusa Klotzsch Roupala pachypoda Cuatrec. Referencias ↑ Roupala en PlantList ↑ Roupala en Trópicos
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Roupala is a Neotropical genus of woody shrubs and trees in the plant family Proteaceae. Its 34 species are generally found in forests from sea level to altitude from Mexico to Argentina.
==Taxonomy and naming== The genus was described by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in 1775, its name derived from a local name roupale in French Guiana.