Uapaca

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Antidesmatoideae
Tribus: Uapaceae
Genus: Uapaca
Species: U. acuminata – U. ambanjensis – U. amplifolia – U. bojeri – U. densifolia – U. ferruginea – U. guineensis – U. heudelotii – U. kirkiana – U. lissopyrena – U. littoralis – U. louvelii – U. mole – U. niangadoumae – U. nitida – U. pilosa – U. pynaertii – U. robynsii – U. rufopilosa – U. sansibarica – U. staudtii – U. teusczii – U. thouarsii – U. togoensis – U. vanhouttei

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Uapaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 02. Reference page.

Uapaca Baill., 1958

Heterotypic
- Aapaca Metzdorff in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 14: 212 (1888)
- Canariastrum Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 364 (1899)
- Gymnocarpus Thouars ex Baill. in Étude Euphorb.: 595 (1858)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional:Western Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
- Regional:Central Africa
  - Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Malawi, Mali, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Regional:Eastern Africa
  - Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania
- Regional:Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar

Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Uapaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Uapaca. Published online. Accessed: May 02 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Uapaca. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Uapaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 May 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Uapaca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.