Couepia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1775.Couepia Aubl. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objects intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane Françoise, & une notice des plantes de l'Isle-de-France 1: 519-521 description in Latin, commentary in French.Couepia Aubl. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objects intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane Françoise, & une notice des plantes de l'Isle-de-France vol 4, plate 207 line drawingTropicos, Couepia Aubl.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Erythroxylaceae a Icacinaceae. 3(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MéxicoPrance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184.
Couepia is native to the tropical Americas, ranging from western and southern Mexico through Central America and tropical South America to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.
Species 63 species are accepted.
Formerly placed here Acioa dolichopoda (as Couepia dolichopoda ) Acioa longipendula (as Couepia longipendula ) Cordillera platycalyx (as Couepia platycalyx ) Gaulettia canescens (as Couepia canescens ) Gaulettia canomensis (as Couepia canomensis ) Gaulettia cognata (as Couepia cognata ) Gaulettia elata (as Couepia elata ) Gaulettia foveolata (as Couepia foveolata ) Gaulettia parillo (as Couepia parillo ) Gaulettia racemosa (as Couepia racemosa ) Gaulettia steyermarkii (as Couepia steyermarkii )
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