Melicoccus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Source(s) of checklist:
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2003. Melicocceae (Sapindaceae): Melicoccus and Talisia. Flora Neotropica Monograph 87: 1–178. JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page. Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Melicoccus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 13. Reference page.

Melicoccus P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 210–211 (1756)

Melicocca L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 495 (1762), nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Casimira Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 234 (1777), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Talisia sect. Cotopais Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 8: 342 (1878)
  - Type species: Talisia oliviformis (Kunth) Radlk., loc. cit. [≡ Melicoccus oliviformis Kunth]

Native distribution areas:

Southern America
- Caribbean
  - Dominican Republic.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central (Mato Grosso do Sul), Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil Southeast (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro), Brazil North (Amazonas, Amapá, Pará).
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast (Corrientes), Paraguay.

Note: introduced areas are not displayed here; see each specific entry.

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2003. Melicocceae (Sapindaceae): Melicoccus and Talisia. Flora Neotropica Monograph 87: 1–178. JSTOR . ResearchGate . World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page. [see pages 28–50]
Radlkofer, L. 1878. Ueber Sapindus und damit in Zusammenhang stehende Pflanzen. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der K. b. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 8: 221–408. Google Books. Reference page.
Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. 540 pp. Apud Wolfgangum Gerle, Pragae [Prague]. BHL Reference page.

2024. Melicoccus. In: Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 13 February 2024.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Melicoccus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Melicoccus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 April 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melicoccus. Published online. Accessed: 6 April 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Melicoccus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 April 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melicoccus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.