Cupania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. It includes 58 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico and south Florida through Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to northern Argentina.

Cupania
Camboatá (Cupania vernalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Tribe: Cupanieae
Genus: Cupania
L., 1753
Species[1]

58; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Digonocarpus Vell. (1829)
  • Trigonis Jacq. (1760)
  • Trigonocarpus Vell. (1829)
  • Tripha Noronha (1790), nom. nud.
Camboatá (Cupania vernalis)

Species edit

58 species are accepted:[1]

horticultural names

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Cupania L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ^ L.Linden. Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 13: 474. 1893 ; et ex Rev. Hortic. (1893) 339

External links edit

  Data related to Cupania at Wikispecies   Media related to Cupania at Wikimedia Commons