Melicoccus bijugatus

Melicoccus bijugatus

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

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Sapindoideae
Tribus: Melicocceae
Genus: Melicoccus
Species: Melicoccus bijugatus

Name

Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 19 (1760)

• Note: validated by reference to description by P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 210 (1756).
• Lectotypus: Jamaica, Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: t. 72 (1763) [designated by Howard 1989: 147]

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Melicocca bijuga L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 495 (1762), nom. illeg., orth. var.
• Melicocca carpopodea Juss., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 187, t. 4 (1817), nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • Note: Jussieu cited Melicocca bijuga L..
• Heterotypic
  • Melicocca bijuga L. f. alata Kitan., Fitologiya 11: 48 (1979); not accepted by Acevedo-Rodríguez (2003) and Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2012) [cited as M. bijugatus]
    • Typus: B. Kitanov s.n. (9 April 1970; Holotypus: SO [​SOXXXXXX0112 (82105)]).
    • Type locality: Cuba. Prov. de Oriente: Siboney, cerca de Santiago de Cuba, 50–100 m.s.m.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Gabon. Note: fide Acevedo-Rodríguez (2012). Pacific South-Central Pacific Cook Is., Society Is., Tuamotu [Makatea]. North-Central Pacific Hawaii (Hawaiian Is.) [D. Sherard & G. Spence 2, US /US00443420 (2893663)(GBIF)/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003]. Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras [e.g. A. Molina R. 13703, US /US01078081 (2568133)(GBIF)/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003], Nicaragua [e.g. D. Chaves 171, US /US01078075 (1266695)(GBIF)/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003], Panama [P.C. Standley 29248, US /US01078077 (1218528)(GBIF)/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003]. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti (Haiti), Jamaica, Leeward Is. (Anguilla, Antigua-Barbuda, British Virgin Is., Guadeloupe, Netherlands Leeward Is. [Saba and Sint Eustatius], St. Martin-St. Barthélémy, Virgin Is.), Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Carribean, Turks-Caicos Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia). Northern South America French Guiana [Fleury 758, CAY /CAY006645/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003], Guyana [fide IUCN 2020], Suriname [fide IUCN 2020], Venezuela. Note: Acevedo R. (1997) recognized only cultivation or escapes from cultivation in Guyana, Suriname, and possibly French Guiana. Western South America Colombia, Galápagos. Brazil Brazil North (Pará) [P. Cavalcante 271, IAN /IAN126259/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003]. Note: Grey indicates areas where the species is introduced. Acevedo-Rodríguez (2003: 47) and Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2012: 877) regard only occurrences in northern South America as native. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo R., P. 1997. Sapindaceae. In: Boggan, J., Funk, V., Kelloff, C., Hoff, M., Cremers, G. & Feuillet, C. Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana), ed. 2. 238 pp. Georgetown: University of Guyana. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Reference page.  [see page 191]
• 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 45–48]
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2012. Sapindaceae. In: Mota de Oliveira, P. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams Fascicle 29, pp. 1–204. Richmond: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-480-9 Online. Reference page.  [see page this entry]
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Sapindaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 873–882. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Browne, P. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Howard, R.A. & Bornstein, A.J. 1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles: Leeward and Windward Islands, Vol. 5 (Dicotyledoneae - Part 2). Massachusetts: Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. BHL. Reference page. 
• Jacquin, N.J. 1763. Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, in qua ad Linnaeanum systema determinatae descriptaeque sistuntur plantae illae, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, aliisque, et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores; adjectis iconibus in solo natali delineatis. XII + 284 pp., index, 184 tt. Ex officina Krausiana, Vindobonae [Vienna]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.  [see also pages 108–109]
• Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. 2017. CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos. Accessed: 12 February 2024.
• Jussieu, A.-L. de 1817. Sur le Melicocca et quelques espèces nouvelles de ce genre de Plantes. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 179–189, tt. 4–8. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kitanov, B.P. 1979. Novedades en la flora Cubana. III. Fitologiya 11: 47–53. Google Books (only snippets available). Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I, Ed. 2. Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Merello, M. 2011. Melicoccus bijugatus. In: Idárraga-Piedrahita, Á., Ortiz, R. del C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.), Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, Vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Programa Expedición Antioquia 2013. Series Biodiversidad y Recursos Naturales. 939 pp. Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia, Missouri Botanical Garden y Oficina de Planeación Departamental de la Gobernación de Antioquia. ISBN 978-958-8709-61-1 PDF ResearchGate Tropicos. Reference page.  [see page 869]
• Morales, J.F. 2015. Sapindaceae. In: Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VIII, Dicotiledóneas. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 37–95. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Tropicos. Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 2016. Flora of the Cook Islands. 973 pp. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawai‘i. ISBN 978-0-915809-07-3 Reference page. 

Links

• 2024. Melicoccus bijugatus. In: Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 12 February 2024.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Melicoccus bijugatus. Accessed: 2024 February 12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Melicoccus bijugatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 12. Reference page. 
• Herbier IRD de Guyane - CAY (DOI: 10.23708/herbier-guyane-ird)
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Melicoccus bijugatus. Published online. Accessed: 12 February 2024.

• IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), 2020. Melicoccus bijugatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T179306554A179306556.en.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Melicoccus bijugatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 February 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melicoccus bijugatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

asturianu: guayo, maco, quenepa, papamundo, llimonucu o mamoncillo
English: mamoncillo, Spanish lime
español: mamón, mamoncillo, anoncillo, huaya, guaya, maco o limoncillo
français: Quenettier
Kreyòl ayisyen: Kenèp
日本語: マモン
перем коми: Мамончилло
коми: Мамончилло
лакку: Мамончилло
кырык мары: Мамончилло
Nederlands: Knippa
português: mamoncillo, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, quenepa, chenet, canepa, mamon, limoncillo ou lima-espanhola
русский: Мелико́ккус двупа́рный, или испа́нский лайм
ไทย: มามอนซีโย
удмурт: Мамончилло

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