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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

239.0000 Family Rhizophoraceae Pers.; Syn. Pl. 2: 2 (1806), nom. cons.
14-15 genera, ca. 140 spp.
Species listed in database: 142; hybrids: 8
= Cassipoureaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 246 (1858)
= Macarisiaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 295 (1858)
= Mangiaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 73 (1837)
239.0103 Genus Cassipourea Aubl.; Pl. Gui. 1: 528, t. 211 (1775)
Distribution: mostly tropical and South Africa, few tropical America, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka
Species listed in database: 72
= Anstrutheria Gardner; Calc. J. Nat. Hist. 6: 344, t. 4 (1846)
= Dactylopetalum Benth.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 79 (1859)
= Endosteira Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(I): 575 (1863)
= Legnotis Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 84 (1788)
= Petalodactylis Arènes; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 2 (1954)
= Richaeia Thouars; Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 25 (1806)
= Richea Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 235 (1891), sphalm.
= Tita Scop.; Introd. 219 (1777)
= Weihea Spreng.; Syst. 2: 559 (1825)
species :
Cassipourea acuminata Liben; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belgique 56: 139 (1986)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN GAB ZAI
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Cassipourea adamauensis Jacq.-Fél. ex Pellegr.; Not. Syst. 14: 296 (1953)
Distribution: +Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1939
species :
Cassipourea adamii Jacq.-Fél.; Rev. Bot. Appliq. 32: 268 (1952)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia
22 GUI LBR
species :
Cassipourea afzelii (Oliv.) Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 265 (1925)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Cameroon
22 LBR SIE 23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea caesia Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 97 (1905)
= Cassipourea parvifolia (Scott Elliot) Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 97 (1905)
= Dactylopetalum parvifolium Scott Elliot; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 78 (1894)
= Richea afzelia (Oliv.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 235 (1891)
= Weihea afzelii Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 411 (1871)
species :
Cassipourea alternifolia Breteler; Kew Bull. 62(4): 609 (2007)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Cassipourea annobonensis Mildbr. ex Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 274 (1925)
Distribution: Annobon Isl.
23 ANN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea annobonensis Mildbr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 163 (1922), nomen
species :
Cassipourea atanganae Kenfack; Adansonia 33(2): 210 (2011)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Cassipourea barteri (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 5 (1894)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; NW-Angola
22 BEN GHA IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea nodosa Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 273 (1922)
= Dactylopetalum barteri Hook.f. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 412 (1871)
species :
Cassipourea brittoniana Fawc. & Rendle; J. Bot. 64: 14 (1926)
Name: Coco plum of Troy (Jamaica)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Cassipourea calimensis Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 105 (1950)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Cassipourea carringtoniana Mendes; Estud. Cient. Homenag. J. Carrière da Costa (Trab. Bot. Junta Invest. Ultram. i. No. 9) 15 (1962)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Cabinda; Angola
23 CAB CON GAB 26 ANG
species :
Cassipourea celastroides Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 256 (1922)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea celastroides (Alston) T.C.E.Fr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 36 (1930)
species :
Cassipourea ceylanica (Gardner) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 251 (1922)
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Anstrutheria ceylanica Gardner; Calc. J. Nat. Hist. 6: 345 (1846)
= Anstrutheria zeylanica (Gardner) Hensl.; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 2: 441 (1879)
= Richea zeylanica (Gardner) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 235 (1891)
= Weihea ceylanica (Gardner) Hensl.; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 2: 441 (1879)
= Weihea zeylanica (Gardner) Baill.; Adansonia 3: 38 (1862 publ. 1863)
species :
Cassipourea congoensis R.Br. ex DC.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 3: 34 (1828)
Distribution: Senegal; ?Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Zambia
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 26 ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Anstrutheria africana Benth.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 78 (1859)
= Cassipourea africana Benth.; Niger Fl. (W. J. Hooker). 341 (1849)
= Cassipourea louisii Liben; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg., 56(1-2): 140 (1986)
= Weihea africana (Benth.) Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. (Oliv. et al.) 2: 410 (1871)
species :
Cassipourea delphinensis Capuron; Mem. Inst. Sci. Madag., Ser. B, 10: 148 (1961)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Cassipourea dinklagei (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 271 (1922)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN NT (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Dactylopetalum dinklagei Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 54 (1907)
= Weihea dinklagei (Engl.) Engl.; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 672 (1921)
species :
Cassipourea eketensis Baker f.; J. Bot. 52: 3 (1914)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria
22 NGA
species :
Cassipourea elliptica (Sw.) Poir.; Lam., Encycl., Suppl. 2: 131 (1811)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Colombia; Venezuela; Surinam; French Guiana; Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS MAR MTS PUE STL STV 82 CLM FRG SUR VEN 84 BRA
Remarks: often included in C. guianensis
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea alba Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 223 (1857)
= Cassipourea belizensis Lundell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 66: 598 (1939)
= Cassipourea cubensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. 7: 293 (1912)
= Cassipourea elliptica var. ovata Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub.: 108 (1866)
= Cassipourea elliptica var. parvifolia Stehlé; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 265 (1945)
= Cassipourea elliptica var. pauciserrata Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I.: 274 (1860)
= Cassipourea guianensis var. elliptica (Sw.) M.Gómez; Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riquenos: 84 (1889)
= Cassipourea guildingii Briq.; Candollea 4: 343 (1931)
= Cassipourea macrodonta Standl.; Tropical Woods, No. 16, 22 (1928), nomen, et in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. 4: 242 (1929), descr.
= Cassipourea podantha Standl.; Tropical Woods, No. 16, 22 (1928), nomen, et in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. 4: 241 (1929), descr.
= Endosteira oppositifolia Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(2): 576 (1863)
= Leonotis elliptica Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 84 (1788)
species :
Cassipourea ellipticifolia (Arènes) Capuron; Mem. Inst. Sci. Madag., Ser. B, 10: 157 (1961)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Dactylopetalum ellipticifolium Arènes; Fl. Madag., Fam. 150, 20 (1954), sine descr. lat., et in Not. Syst. 15: 2-(1955)
species :
Cassipourea euryoides Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 254 (1922)
Distribution: Somalia; SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea honeyi Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 254 (1925)
species :
Cassipourea evrardii Floret; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg., 56(3-4): 447 (1986)
Distribution: C-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Cassipourea fanshawei Torre & A.E.Gonc.; Garcia de Orta, Ser. Bot. 3(1): 49 (1976)
Distribution: +NE-Zambia
26 ZAM
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1958
species :
Cassipourea firestoneana Hutch. & Dalziel ex G.P.Cooper & Record; Bull. Yale Univ.: School For., No. 31 (Evergr. For. Liber.) 37 (1931)
Distribution: Liberia
22 LBR
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea firestoneana Hutch. & Dalziel; Dalziel, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr. 85 (1937), anglice, et ex Jacq.-Fél., Rev. Bot. Appliq. 32: 272 (1952)
species :
Cassipourea flanaganii (Schinz) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 257 (1922)
Name: Cape Onionwood
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea flanaganii Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 868 (1897)
species :
Cassipourea floribunda Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 106 (1950)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Cassipourea glomerata Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 262 (1922)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
species :
Cassipourea gossweileri Exell; J. Bot. 66: Suppl. 1, 162 (1928)
Distribution: S-Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe
26 ANG ZAM ZIM
species :
Cassipourea guianensis Aubl.; Pl. Gui. 1: 529, t. 211 (1775)
Name: Bois l´Ail, Garlic Wood, Wild Mangue (Trinidad & Tobago); Murta, Palo de gongoli, Palo de orejas, Palo de toro
Distribution: Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Santander, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Barinas, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Miranda, Monagas, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao)
81 TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea broadwayi Briq.; Candollea 4: 342 (1931)
= Cassipourea elliptica var. alba Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. 274 (1860)
= Cassipourea elliptica var. latifolia (Alston) Stehlé; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 265 (1945)
= Cassipourea guianensis var. serrata (Benth.) Engl.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 12(2): 430 (1876)
= Cassipourea guianensis var. trichopoda Briq.; Candollea 4: 346 (1931)
= Cassipourea latifolia Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 266 (1922)
= Cassipourea macrophylla DC.; Prod. 3: 34 (1828)
= Cassipourea quadrilocularis Spruce ex Benth.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 12(2): 429 (1858)
= Cassipourea serrata Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 223 (1840)
= Legnotis cassipourea Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 84 (1788), as ´cassipaurea´
= Legnotis macrophylla Mart. ex DC.; Prod. 3: 34 (1828)
variant :
var. psilogyne (Jonker) Prance; Fl. Neotrop. 120: 17 (2018)
Distribution: Surinam
82 SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea elliptica var. psilogyne Jonker; Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 38: 374 (1941)
species :
Cassipourea gummiflua Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 6: 123 (1856)
subspecies :
subsp. gummiflua
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar; Seychelles [I]
22 GHA NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN GAB RWA ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 MDG sey
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea paradoxa Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 275 (1922)
= Chailletia multifida Boivin; (in sched.)
= Dactylopetalum gummifluum (Tul.) Baill.; Adansonia 3: 22, 27 (1862)
= Dactylopetalum sessiliflorum Benth.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 79 (1859)
= Richea gummiflua (Baill.) Baill.; (1896)
variant :
var. mannii (Hook.f. ex Oliv.) J.Lewis; Kew Bull. 10: 147 (1955)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea glabra Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 274 (1925)
= Cassipourea mannii (Hook.f. ex Oliv.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 369 (1917)
= Cassipourea rogersii (S.Moore) Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 272 (1925)
= Dactylopetalum mannii Hook.f. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 412 (1871)
= Dactylopetalum rogersii S.Moore; J. Bot. 59: 228 (1921)
variant :
var. verticillata (N.E.Br.) J.Lewis; Kew Bull. 10: 147 (1955)
Name: Large-leaved Onionwood
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea redslobii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(4): 368 (1917)
= Cassipourea verticillata N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 5 (1894)
= Dactylopetalum verticillatum (N.E.Br.) Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier v. 866 (1897)
subspecies :
subsp. ugandensis (Stapf) Lye; Lidia 4(3): 92 (1998)
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Uganda
23 CMN CON 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea gummiflua var. ugandensis (Stapf) J.Lewis
= Cassipourea ugandensis (Stapf) Engl.; Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3: II. (Engl. & Drude, Veg. der Erde, 9) 673(1921)
= Cassipourea ugandensis (Stapf) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 272 (1922)
= Dactylopetalum ugandense Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 515 (1906)
species :
Cassipourea hiotou Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, cv. 34 (1958)
Distribution: +Ivory Coast
22 IVO
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1957
species :
Cassipourea huillensis (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 259 (1922)
Distribution: SW-Angola
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea huillensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 51 (1907)
species :
Cassipourea killipii Cuatrec.; Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 103 (1950)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Colombia (Chocó, Valle); NE-Ecuador
80 COS NIC 82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Cassipourea korupensis Kenfack & Sainge; Novon 16(1): 61 (2006)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Cassipourea lanceolata Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 4, VI: 121 (1856)
Distribution: Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
29 COM MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Richea leptoclada Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 235 (1891)
= Weihea lanceolata (Tul.) Baill.; Adansonia 3: 39 (1862 publ. 1863)
species :
Cassipourea lasiocalyx Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 269 (1922)
Distribution: Guyana
82 GUY
species :
Cassipourea leptoclada Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 4, VI: 123 (1856)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea leptoclada (Tul.) Baill.; Adansonia III, 39 (1862)
species :
Cassipourea leptoneura Floret; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg., 52(3-4): 472 (1982)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Cassipourea lescotiana J.-G.Adam; Bull. Inst. Fond. Afr. Noire, A 33(3): 496 (1971)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast
22 IVO LBR
species :
Cassipourea letestui Pellegr.; Not. Syst. 14: 296 (1953)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Cassipourea madagascariensis (Poir.) DC.; Prod. 3: 34 (1828)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Anstrutheria madagascariensis (Poir.) Benth.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 78 (1859)
= Richaea madagascariensis Poir.; Encycl., Suppl. 4: 680 (1816)
= Weihea madagascariensis (Poir.) Spreng.; Syst. 2: 594 (1825)
species :
Cassipourea malosana (Baker) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 258 (1922)
Name: Common Onionwood
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
23 CMN CON ZAI 24 DJI ERI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea abyssinica (Engl.) Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925, 253 (1925)
= Cassipourea avettae (Chiov.) Alston; G. W. J. Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 253 (1922)
= Cassipourea eickii (Engl.) Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 259 (1925)
= Cassipourea elliotii (Engl.) Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 260 (1925)
= Cassipourea elliottii (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 260 (1922)
= Cassipourea gerrardii (Schinz) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 258 (1922)
= Cassipourea salvago-raggei (Chiov.) Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 254 (1925)
= Weihea abyssinica Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(4): 362 (1917)
= Weihea avettae Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 321 (1911)
= Weihea boranensis Chiov.; Missione Biol. Borana 4: 143 (1939)
= Weihea eickii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40(1): 50 (1907)
= Weihea elliottii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 52 (1907)
= Weihea gerrardii Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 867 (1897)
= Weihea ilicifolia Brehmer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(4): 362 (1917)
= Weihea malosana Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 267 (1897)
= Weihea salvago-raggei Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 62 (1911)
species :
Cassipourea microphylla Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 6: 124 (1856)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea microphylla (Tul.) Baill.; Adansonia 3: 39 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Richea microphylla (Tul.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 235 (1891)
species :
Cassipourea mollis (R.E.Fr.) Alston; G. W. J. Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 257 (1922)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea insignis (Engl.) Alston; G. W. J. Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 257 (1922)
= Weihea insignis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 359 (1917)
= Weihea mollis R.E.Fr.; Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912 1: 165 (1914)
species :
Cassipourea mossambicensis (Brehmer) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 261 (1922)
Name: Sand Onionwood
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea mossambicensis Brehmer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 361 (1917)
species :
Cassipourea myriocarpa Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 8: 162 (1857)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea myriocarpa (Tul.) Baill.; Adansonia 3: 39 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Petalodactylis obovata Arènes; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 3 (1954)
species :
Cassipourea nana Breteler; Edinburgh J. Bot. 65(3): 418 (2008)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Cassipourea ndambiana Breteler; Edinburgh J. Bot. 65(3): 420 (2008)
Distribution: S-Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
species :
Cassipourea ndando J.Léonard ex Floret; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg., 52(3-4): 467 (1982)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi
23 RWA ZAI
species :
Cassipourea nialatou Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Aubrév. Fl. Forest. Ivory Coast 3: 46 (1936), gallice, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 706 (1937), latine
Distribution: Ivory Coast
22 IVO
species :
Cassipourea obovata Alston; G. W. J. Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 261 (1922)
Distribution: NE-Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Cassipourea obtusa Urb.; Symb. Antill. 7: 293 (1912)
Name: Parrilla, Palo robinson (Dominican Republic)
Distribution: Dominican Republic; Haiti
81 HIS
species :
Cassipourea ovata Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 6: 121 (1856)
Distribution: Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
29 COM
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea ovata (Tul.) Baill.; Adansonia 3: 39 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Richea ovata (Tul.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 235 (1891)
species :
Cassipourea paludosa Hutch. & Dalziel ex Jacq.-Fél.; Rev. Bot. Appliq. 32: 268 (1952)
Distribution: Sierra Leone
22 SIE
species :
Cassipourea peruviana Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 268 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Cauca, Putumayo, Santander, Valle); Peru; Bolivia (Pando); N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia)
82 CLM 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea elliptica var. dentata Engl.
= Cassipourea poeppigii Briq.; Candollea 4: 349 (1931)
= Cassipourea ulei Briq.; Candollea 4: 347 (1931)
species :
Cassipourea phoeotricha Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 6: 122 (1856)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea phoeotricha (Tul.) Baill.; Adansonia 3: 39 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Richea phoeotricha (Tul.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 235 (1891)
species :
Cassipourea plumosa (Oliv.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 266 (1922)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea plumosa Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 411 (1871)
= Richea plumosa (Oliv.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 235 (1891)
species :
Cassipourea pumila Floret; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris, sér. 4, 10, sect. B, Adansonia n´ 1: 39 (1988)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Cassipourea remacamensis Cornejo & Prance; Fl. Neotrop. 120: 26 (2018)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Cassipourea rotundifolia (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 256 (1922)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea rotundifolia Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28(4): 440 (1900)
species :
Cassipourea ruwensorensis (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 263 (1922)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Uganda; N-Tanzania
23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea mawambensis (Engl.) Alston; G. W. J. Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 262 (1922)
= Cassipourea mildbraedii (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 262 (1922)
= Weihea bequaertii De Wild.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines ix. Suppl. Bot. 93 (1921)
= Weihea mawambensis Engl.; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 579 (1913), et Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(4): 365 (1917)
= Weihea mildbraedii Engl.; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr. Afr.-Expes. 1907-8 2: 578 (1913), et Engl. Jahrb. 54: 363 (1917)
= Weihea ruwensorensis Engl.; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr. Afr.-Exped. 1907-8 2: 579 (1913), et Engl. Jahrb. 54: 364 (1917)
species :
Cassipourea schizocalyx N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 122 (1901)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassipourea kamerunensis (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 264 (1922)
= Cassipourea sericea (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 263 (1922)
= Dactylopetalum kamerunense Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 55 (1907)
= Dactylopetalum sericeum Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 55 (1907)
= Weihea kamerunensis (Engl.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 363 (1917)
= Weihea sericea (Engl.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 363 (1917)
species :
Cassipourea sessiliflora (Baker) Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 252-253 (1925)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea sessiliflora Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 341 (1884)
species :
Cassipourea spruceana Benth.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 12(2): 429 (1877)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará)
84 BRA
species :
Cassipourea subcordata Britton; Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 35: 340 (1908)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Conservation Status: IUCN CR
species :
Cassipourea subsessilis Britton; Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 35: 340 (1908)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Conservation Status: IUCN CR
species :
Cassipourea swaziensis Compton; J. S. Afr. Bot. 33: 296 (1967)
Name: Swazi Onionwood
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
species :
Cassipourea thomassettii (Hemsl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 255 (1922)
Distribution: Aldabra (Aldabra Isl.)
29 ALD
Remarks: often included in C. lanceolata
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea thomassetii Hemsl.; J. Bot. 54: Suppl. 2, 14 (1916)
species :
Cassipourea toroensis Prance; Fl. Neotrop. 120: 22 (2018)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Cassipourea trichosticha Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 261 (1922)
Distribution: NW-Angola
26 ANG
species :
Cassipourea undulata Prance; Fl. Neotrop. 120: 22 (2018)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
species :
Cassipourea vilhenae Cavaco; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, Ser. 2, 26: 405 (1954)
Distribution: NE-Angola
26 ANG
species :
Cassipourea zenkeri (Engl.) Alston; Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 271 (1922)
Distribution: S-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN NT (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Weihea zenkeri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 365 (1917)
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