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guianensis

Taxon

Carapa guianensis Aubl.

Protologue Hist. Pl. Guiane Suppl. 32 (t. 387). 1775IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Carapa guianensis, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Matoury Mts, near Cayenne. 21 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Carapa guianensis, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Matoury Mts, near Cayenne. 21 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Carapa guianensis, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Matoury Mts, near Cayenne. 21 Mch 02. 002.jpg

Carapa guianensis, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Matoury Mts, near Cayenne. 21 Mch 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 21, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Meliaceae

Genus

Carapa

Specific Epithet

guianensis

Authorship

Aubl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#212,066 of 335,497

Top 64%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →