Couepia

Couepia
	Couepia grandiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:	Couepia; Aubl.
Synonyms
	Acia Schreb., nom. illeg. superfl.; Dulacia Neck., opus utique oppr.; Pleragina Arruda, nom. nud.;

Couepia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1775.

Couepia is native to the tropical Americas, ranging from western and southern Mexico through Central America and tropical South America to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.

Species

63 species are accepted.

Couepia belemii Prance – Bahia, Espírito Santo
Couepia bernardii Prance – NW Brazil, N Peru
Couepia bondarii Prance – Bahia
Couepia bracteosa Benth. – Suriname to Bolivia
Couepia brevistaminea Barb.Silva & Antar – Goiás, Tocantins
Couepia carautae Prance – Espírito Santo
Couepia caryophylloides Benoist – Suriname, Fr Guiana, N Brazil
Couepia cataractae Ducke – Rondônia, Pará
Couepia chrysocalyx (Poepp.) Benth. ex Hook.f. – NW South America
Couepia cidiana Prance – Pará
Couepia coarctata Prance – Bahia
Couepia comosa Benth. – Bolívar, Guyana
Couepia eriantha Spruce ex Hook.f. – N Brazil
Couepia excelsa Ducke – Fr Guiana, N Brazil
Couepia exflexa Fanshawe & Maguire – Fr Guiana, Guyana
Couepia froesii Prance – N Brazil
Couepia glabra Prance – Amazonas B
Couepia grandiflora (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook.f. – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Couepia guianensis Aubl. – N South America
Couepia habrantha Standl. – N South America
Couepia hallwachsiae D.Santam. & Lagom. – Costa Rica
Couepia hondurasensis Prance – Honduras
Couepia impressa Prance – NE Brazil
Couepia insignis Fritsch – Bahia
Couepia janzenii D.Santam. & Lagom. – Costa Rica and Panama
Couepia joaquinae Prance – Fr Guiana, Amapá
Couepia krukovii Standl. – NW Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia
Couepia latifolia Standl. – NW Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
Couepia leitaofilhoi Prance – São Paulo
Couepia longipetiolata Prance – Bahia
Couepia macrophylla Spruce ex Hook.f. – NW South America, Panama
Couepia magnoliifolia Benth. ex Hook.f. – Amazonas B, Fr Guiana
Couepia maguirei Prance – S Venezuela, N Brazil
Couepia marleneae Prance – Amazonas B
Couepia martini Prance – French Guiana
Couepia meridionalis Prance – São Paulo
Couepia monteclarensis Prance – Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
Couepia morii Prance – Amazonas B
Couepia multiflora Benth. – Guyana, Roraima
Couepia nutans Prance – Colombia
Couepia obovata Ducke – tropical South America
Couepia osaensis Aguilar & D.Santam. – Costa Rica
Couepia ovalifolia (Schott) Benth. ex Hook.f. – E Brazil
Couepia oxossii Amorim & Asprino – Bahia
Couepia paraensis (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. – tropical South America
Couepia parvifolia Prance – Rio de Janeiro
Couepia pernambucensis Prance – Pernambuco, Bahia
Couepia polyandra (Kunth) Rose – Mexico, Central America
Couepia rankiniae Prance – Amazonas B, Fr Guiana
Couepia recurva Ducke – Ecuador, Peru
Couepia reflexa Ducke – Pará
Couepia robusta Huber – NE Brazil
Couepia rufa Ducke – E Brazil
Couepia sandwithii Prance – Venezuela, Guyana
Couepia schottii Fritsch – Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
Couepia scottmorii Prance – Panama
Couepia spicata Ducke – Amazonas B
Couepia stipularis Ducke – Amazonas B
Couepia subcordata Benth. ex Hook.f. – NW South America
Couepia trapezioana Cuatrec. – NW South America
Couepia uiti (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook.f. – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Couepia ulei Pilg. – NW South America
Couepia venosa Prance – SE Brazil
Couepia williamsii J.F.Macbr. – NW South America

Formerly placed here

Acioa dolichopoda (Prance) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia dolichopoda Prance)
Acioa longipendula (Pilg.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia longipendula Pilg.)
Cordillera platycalyx (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia platycalyx Cuatrec.)
Gaulettia canescens (Gleason) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia canescens (Gleason) Prance)
Gaulettia canomensis (Mart.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia canomensis (Mart.) Benth. ex Hook.f.)
Gaulettia cognata (Steud.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia cognata (Steud.) Fritsch)
Gaulettia elata (Ducke) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia elata Ducke)
Gaulettia foveolata (Prance) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia foveolata Prance)
Gaulettia parillo (DC.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia parillo DC.)
Gaulettia racemosa (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia racemosa Benth. ex Hook.f.)
Gaulettia steyermarkii (Maguire) Sothers & Prance (as Couepia steyermarkii Maguire)

References

1 2 3 "Couepia Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
↑ 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.
↑ 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
↑ 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, México
↑ Prance, 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.
↑ "Acioa longipendula (Pilg.) Sothers & Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
↑ "Cordillera platycalyx (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.

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[powo-1] 1 2 3 "Couepia Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.

[2] 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.

[3] 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

[4] Tropicos, Couepia Aubl.

[5] 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, México

[6] Prance, 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.

[7] "Acioa longipendula (Pilg.) Sothers & Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.

[8] "Cordillera platycalyx (Cuatrec.) Sothers & Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2026.

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Couepia

Couepia grandiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:	Couepia Aubl.
Synonyms
Acia Schreb., nom. illeg. superfl. Dulacia Neck., opus utique oppr. Pleragina Arruda, nom. nud.