Rhamnaceae

Gouania Jacq.

First published in Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 263 (1763)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Buerki, S., Phillipson, P.B. & Callmander, M.W. (2011). A taxonomic revision of Gouania (Rhamnaceae) in Madagascar and the other islands of the western Indian Ocean (the Comoro and Mascarene islands and Seychelles). Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 157-195. MBG press.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Suessenguth in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 20D: 166 (1953).
  • —F.T.A. 1: 383

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 263 (1763).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 263 (1763)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9360] Cameroon K000027198 No
Burki, S. [68] Madagascar K001519024 Isotype No
Burki, S. [68] Madagascar K001519023 Isotype No
Onjalalaina, G.E.; Vorontsova, M.; Besnard, G.; Nanjarisoa, O.P.; Razanatsoa, J. [OLG 405] Madagascar K000953642 Yes
DuPuy, B.; et al. [MB 608] Madagascar K:SPC-63559.000 No
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [15549] Brazil K001577209 Yes
Ashworth, J.; Ndo, J.; Kon. F.; Sylverster, A. [328] Cameroon K001480018 Yes
Onjalalaina, G. E.; Vorontsova, M.; Besnard, G.; Nanjarisoa, O. P.; Razanatsoa, J. [OLG 407] Madagascar K000953643 Yes
Triana, J. [3536] Colombia K000531953 Type Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3457] China K000732120 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hildebrand [126] United States Pleuranthodes K000732121 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0