Amanoa

Life-forms

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: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Bridelieae
Subtribus: Amanoinae
Genus: Amanoa
Species: A. almerindae – A. anomala – A. bracteosa – A. caribaea – A. congesta – A. cupatensis – A. glaucophylla – A. gracillima – A. guianensis – A. marapiensis – A. nanayensis – A. neglecta – A. oblongifolia – A. sinuosa – A. steyermarkii – A. strobilacea
Name

Amanoa Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 256. (1775)

Type species: Amanoa guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 256. (1775)

References

Aublet, J.B.C.F. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 256, t. 101.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Amanoa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Amanoa. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 4 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Amanoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Apr. 2020.

Amanoa is a genus from the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1775.[1][2] It is native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, and tropical Africa.[3][4][5][6][7]

Species[3]

Amanoa almerindae - B Amazonas, V Amazonas
Amanoa anomala - Ecuador
Amanoa bracteosa - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia
Amanoa caribaea - Guadeloupe, Dominica
Amanoa congesta - Amapá, Pará, Fr Guiana
Amanoa cupatensis - B Amazonas, V Amazonas
Amanoa glaucophyla - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
Amanoa gracillima - B Amazonas
Amanoa guianensis - Trinidad, Central America, N South America
Amanoa muricata - Bolivia
Amanoa nanayensis - Loreto
Amanoa neglecta - French Guiana, Suriname
Amanoa oblongifolia - from Venezuela to Bolivia
Amanoa sinuosa - Loreto, B Amazonas
Amanoa steyermarkii - S Venezuela
Amanoa strobilacea - W + C Africa

Formerly included[3]

moved to other genera: Bridelia Cleistanthus Gonatogyne Pentabrachion Richeria

A. acuminata - Cleistanthus acuminatus
A. boiviniana - Cleistanthus boivinianus
A. brasiliensis - Gonatogyne brasiliensis
A. chartacea - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
A. collina - Cleistanthus collinus
A. cunninghamii - Cleistanthus cunninghamii
A. dallachyana - Cleistanthus dallachyanus
A. divaricata - Richeria grandis
A. faginea - Bridelia leichhardtii
A. ferruginea - Cleistanthus ferrugineus
A. indica Wight 1852 - Cleistanthus patulus
A. indica Thwaites 1864 - Cleistanthus robustus
A. indica f. minor Thwaites 1864 - Cleistanthus patulus
A. laurifolia - Pentabrachion reticulatum
A. leichhardtii - Bridelia leichhardtii
A. ovata - Bridelia exaltata
A. pallida - Cleistanthus pallidus
A. patula - Cleistanthus patulus
A. purpurascens - Richeria grandis
A. racemosa - Richeria grandis
A. ramiflora - Richeria grandis
A. robusta Thwaites 1864 not Leal 1951 - Cleistanthus robustus
A. stenonia - Cleistanthus stenonius
A. tomentosa - Bridelia tomentosa

References

Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 256-258, t. 101 short descriptions in Latin, longer descriptions and discussion in French
Tropicos, Amanoa Aubl.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Hayden, W. J. 1990. Notes on Neotropical Amanoa (Euphorbiaceae). Brittonia 42(2): 260–270
Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.