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Vouarana
Sign in to saveVouarana is a genus of medium-sized trees of the soapberry subfamily Sapindoideae, native to tropical southern Central America and northern South America. It is closely related to the genus Cupania. As was his wont, Aublet named the genus after what the local people called the plants, a practice his contemporaries criticized as barbarous.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilySapindaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Collections
- CENARGEN, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), INMA, UFC, UFMT, MO
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sapindaceae
- Image
- Vouarana guianensis Aublet 1775 pl 374.jpg
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Vouarana is a genus of medium-sized trees of the soapberry subfamily Sapindoideae, native to tropical southern Central America and northern South America. It is closely related to the genus Cupania. As was his wont, Aublet named the genus after what the local people called the plants, a practice his contemporaries criticized as barbarous.
==Species== Species currently accepted by The Plant List are as follows: Vouarana anomala (Steyerm.) Acev.-Rodr. Vouarana guianensis Aubl.
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