Couepia

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|image_caption = Couepia grandiflora

|taxon = Couepia

|authority = Aubl.

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|synonyms = *Acia Schreb.

• Dulacia Neck., not validly published
• Pleragina Arruda, not validly published

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Couepia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1775.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/362495#page/553/mode/1up 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.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13828#page/16/mode/1up 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 drawing[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40015390 Tropicos, 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 Mesoamerica and South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=367908 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

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1. Couepia amaraliae - Amazonas B
2. Couepia belemii - Bahia, Espírito Santo
3. Couepia bernardii - NW Brazil, N Peru
4. Couepia bondarii - Bahia
5. Couepia bracteosa - Suriname to Bolivia
6. Couepia canescens - S Venezuela, Guyana
7. Couepia canomensis - N South America
8. Couepia carautae - Espírito Santo
9. Couepia caryophylloides - Suriname, Fr Guiana, N Brazil
10. Couepia cataractae - Rondônia, Pará
11. Couepia chrysocalyx - NW South America
12. Couepia cidiana - Pará
13. Couepia coarctata - Bahia
14. Couepia cognata - NE South America
15. Couepia comosa - Bolívar, Guyana
16. Couepia dolichopoda - NW South America
17. Couepia elata - NE South America
18. Couepia eriantha - N Brazil
19. Couepia excelsa - Fr Guiana, N Brazil
20. Couepia exflexa Fr Guiana, Guyana
21. Couepia foveolata - Bolívar, N Brazil
22. Couepia froesii - N Brazil
23. Couepia glabra - Amazonas B
24. Couepia grandiflora - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
25. Couepia guianensis - N South America
26. Couepia habrantha - N South America
27. Couepia hondurasensis - Honduras
28. Couepia impressa - NE Brazil
29. Couepia insignis - Bahia
30. Couepia joaquinae - Fr Guiana, Amapá
31. Couepia krukovii - NW Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia
32. Couepia latifolia - NW Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
33. Couepia leitaofilhoi - São Paulo
34. Couepia longipendula - N Brazil
35. Couepia longipetiolata - Bahia
36. Couepia macrophylla - NW South America, Panama
37. Couepia magnoliifolia - Amazonas B, Fr Guiana
38. Couepia maguirei - S Venezuela, N Brazil
39. Couepia marleneae - Amazonas B
40. Couepia martinii - Fr Guiana
41. Couepia meridionalis - São Paulo
42. Couepia monteclarensis - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
43. Couepia morii - Amazonas B
44. Couepia multiflora - Guyana, Roraima
45. Couepia nutans - Colombia
46. Couepia obovata - trop South America
47. Couepia ovalifolia - E Brazil
48. Couepia paraensis - trop South America
49. Couepia parillo - trop South America
50. Couepia parvifolia - Rio de Janeiro
51. Couepia pernambucensis - Pernambuco, Bahia
52. Couepia platycalyx - Costa Rica, NW South America
53. Couepia polyandra - Mexico, Central America
54. Couepia racemosa - NW South America
55. Couepia rankiniae - Amazonas B, Fr Guiana
56. Couepia recurva - Ecuador, Peru
57. Couepia reflexa - Pará
58. Couepia robusta - NE Brazil
59. Couepia rufa - E Brazil
60. Couepia sandwithii - Venezuela, Guyana
61. Couepia schottii - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
62. Couepia scottmorii - Panama
63. Couepia spicata - Amazonas B
64. Couepia steyermarkii - Bolívar
65. Couepia stipularis - Amazonas B
66. Couepia subcordata - NW South America
67. Couepia trapezioana - NW South America
68. Couepia uiti - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
69. Couepia ulei - NW South America
70. Couepia venosa - SE Brazil
71. Couepia williamsii - NW South America

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