Simarouba amara

Simarouba amara

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: Simaroubaceae
Genus: Simarouba
Species: Simarouba amara

Name

Simarouba amara Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 860 (1775)

Synonymy

• Pistacia americana Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 7 (1768)
• Quassia dioica O.Berg, Mat. Med. 355. (1778)
• Quassia simaruba L.f., Suppl. Pl. 234 (1782)
• Quassia simarouba W.Wright, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 2: 80, nom. illegit. (1790)
• Quassia officinalis Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 108 (1792)
• Zwingera amara Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2(1): 569 (1799)
• Quassia alatifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. ii. 491 (1812)
• Simarouba amara var. opaca Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 3, Abt. 4: 213 (1896)
• Simarouba opaca Radlk. ex F.Boas, Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 1. 29(1): 332 (1913)
• Simarouba amara var. typica Cronquist, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 71: 229 (1944)
• Simarouba amara var. puberula Cuatrec., Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 8: 466 (1952)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panamá Caribbean Leeward Is., Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 2. Pp. 622–976, tabl. 1–52, misc. 1–160. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Simarouba amara in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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