Acioa

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Acioa guianensis Aubl. BM000953533.jpg

| image_caption = A. Guianensis

| taxon = Acioa

| authority = Aubl.

| type_species = Acioa guyanensis

| type_species_authority = Aubl.

}}

Acioa is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1775.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/361452#page/79/mode/1up Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 698-700, plate 280] descriptions in Latin, commentary in French[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030844 Tropicos, Acioa Aubl.] It is native to northeastern South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=360137 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

;Species

  1. Acioa barteri - {{cite book | last=Tripathi | first=Bansh R. | last2=Psychas | first2=Paul J. | title=The AFNETA Alley Farming Training Manual | publisher=Alley Farming Network for Tropical Africa (AFNETA) | date=1992 | hdl=10568/49807 | volume=1 - Core course in alley farming | isbn=978-131-074-X | oclc=29771935 | publication-place=Ibadan | pages=xi+180 | s2cid=130266228}} AGRIS id [http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=XF2016015795 XF2016015795]. {{hdl|20.500.12478/5101}}. p.{{spaces}}Management-22, {{subst:section-sign}}3.3.4
  2. Acioa edulis - Amazonas in Brazil
  3. Acioa guyanensis - French Guiana, N Brazil
  4. Acioa schultesii - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, NW Brazil
  5. Acioa somnolens - French Guiana, N Brazil

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