Uapaca

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Uapaca kirkiana 1.jpg

|image_caption = Uapaca kirkiana

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Uapaca

|authority = Baill.

|type_species = Uapaca thouarsii

|type_species_authority = Baill.lectotype designated by Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 18: 271 (1965)

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Canariastrum Engl.

• Gymnocarpus Thouars ex Baill.
• Aapaca Metzdorff

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Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 595[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021233 Tropicos, Uapaca Baill.] It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=209555 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]McPherson, G. (2011). A review of Madagascan Uapaca (Euphorbiaceae s.l.). Adansonia, III, 33: 221-231.Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.Breteler, F.J. (2013). Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision. Plant ecology and evolution 146: 75-94. Uapaca is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.{{cite journal|jstor=20443245|title=A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Petra|last2=Kathriarachchi|first2=Hashendra|last3=Wurdack|first3=Kenneth J.|journal=Kew Bulletin|year=2006|volume=61|issue=1|pages=37–53}}

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1. Uapaca acuminata - Nigeria, C Africa
2. Uapaca ambanjensis - NW Madagascar
3. Uapaca amplifolia - NW Madagascar
4. Uapaca benguelensis - Zaïre, Angola
5. Uapaca bojeri - Madagascar
6. Uapaca densifolia - Madagascar
7. Uapaca ferruginea - Madagascar
8. Uapaca gossweileri - Zaïre, Angola
9. Uapaca guineensis - W + C Africa
10. Uapaca heudelotii - W + C Africa
11. Uapaca katentaniensis - Katanga
12. Uapaca kirkiana - E + C + S Africa
13. Uapaca lissopyrena - C + S Africa
14. Uapaca littoralis - E Madagascar
15. Uapaca louvelii - E Madagascar
16. Uapaca mole - W + C Africa
17. Uapaca niangadoumae - Gabon
18. Uapaca nitida - E + C + S Africa
19. Uapaca pilosa - E + C Africa
20. Uapaca pynaertii - W + C Africa
21. Uapaca robynsii - Katanga, Zambia, Malawi
22. Uapaca rufopilosa - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
23. Uapaca sansibarica - E + C + S Africa
24. Uapaca staudtii - Nigeria, C Africa
25. Uapaca thouarsii - E Madagascar
26. Uapaca togoensis - W + C Africa
27. Uapaca vanhouttei - Nigeria, C Africa

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;formerly included

moved Drypetes

• Uapaca griffithii - Drypetes riseleyi