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| Uapaca | |
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| Uapaca kirkiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Antidesmatoideae |
| Tribe: | Uapaceae |
| Genus: | Uapaca Baill. |
| Type species | |
| Uapaca thouarsii | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[3][4] It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar.[2][5][6][7] Uapaca is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[8]
- species[2]
- Uapaca acuminata – Nigeria, C Africa
- Uapaca ambanjensis – NW Madagascar
- Uapaca amplifolia – NW Madagascar
- Uapaca bojeri – Madagascar
- Uapaca densifolia – Madagascar
- Uapaca ferruginea – Madagascar
- Uapaca guineensis – W + C Africa
- Uapaca heudelotii – W + C Africa
- Uapaca kirkiana – E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca lissopyrena – C + S Africa
- Uapaca littoralis – E Madagascar
- Uapaca louvelii – E Madagascar
- Uapaca mole – W + C Africa
- Uapaca niangadoumae – Gabon
- Uapaca nitida – E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca pilosa – E + C Africa
- Uapaca pynaertii – W + C Africa
- Uapaca robynsii – Katanga, Zambia, Malawi
- Uapaca rufopilosa – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia
- Uapaca sansibarica – E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca staudtii – Nigeria, C Africa
- Uapaca teusczii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia
- Uapaca thouarsii – E Madagascar
- Uapaca togoensis – W + C Africa
- Uapaca vanhouttei – Nigeria, C Africa
- formerly included[2]
- Uapaca benguelensis – Uapaca kirkiana var. benguelensis
- Uapaca esculenta – Uapaca pynaertii
- Uapaca gossweileri – Uapaca kirkiana var. gossweileri
- Uapaca griffithii – Drypetes riseleyi
- Uapaca katentaniensis – Uapaca teusczii f. pilosa
References
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- ^ lectotype designated by Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 18: 271 (1965)
- ^ a b c d "Uapaca Baill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 595
- ^ Tropicos, Uapaca Baill.
- ^ McPherson, G. (2011). A review of Madagascan Uapaca (Euphorbiaceae s.l.). Adansonia, III, 33: 221-231.
- ^ Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- ^ Breteler, F.J. (2013). Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision. Plant ecology and evolution 146: 75-94.
- ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
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