Amanoa

Amanoa is a genus from the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1775.[1][2] It is native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, and tropical Africa.[3][4][5][6][7]

Species[3]

1. Amanoa almerindae - B Amazonas, V Amazonas
2. Amanoa anomala - Ecuador
3. Amanoa bracteosa - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia
4. Amanoa caribaea - Guadeloupe, Dominica
5. Amanoa congesta - Amapá, Pará, Fr Guiana
6. Amanoa cupatensis - B Amazonas, V Amazonas
7. Amanoa glaucophyla - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
8. Amanoa gracillima - B Amazonas
9. Amanoa guianensis - Trinidad, Central America, N South America
10. Amanoa muricata - Bolivia
11. Amanoa nanayensis - Loreto
12. Amanoa neglecta - French Guiana, Suriname
13. Amanoa oblongifolia - from Venezuela to Bolivia
14. Amanoa sinuosa - Loreto, B Amazonas
15. Amanoa steyermarkii - S Venezuela
16. Amanoa strobilacea - W + C Africa

Formerly included[3]

See also Queen Amanoa, a fictional character from the Star Wars expanded universe.

Amanoa
Amanoa congesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Phyllanthoideae
Tribe:	Bridelieae
Subtribe:	Amanoinae
Genus:	Amanoa Aubl.

moved to other genera: Bridelia Cleistanthus Gonatogyne Pentabrachion Richeria

1. A. acuminata - Cleistanthus acuminatus
2. A. boiviniana - Cleistanthus boivinianus
3. A. brasiliensis - Gonatogyne brasiliensis
4. A. chartacea - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
5. A. collina - Cleistanthus collinus
6. A. cunninghamii - Cleistanthus cunninghamii
7. A. dallachyana - Cleistanthus dallachyanus
8. A. divaricata - Richeria grandis
9. A. faginea - Bridelia leichhardtii
10. A. ferruginea - Cleistanthus ferrugineus
11. A. indica Wight 1852 - Cleistanthus patulus
12. A. indica Thwaites 1864 - Cleistanthus robustus
13. A. indica f. minor Thwaites 1864 - Cleistanthus patulus
14. A. laurifolia - Pentabrachion reticulatum
15. A. leichhardtii - Bridelia leichhardtii
16. A. ovata - Bridelia exaltata
17. A. pallida - Cleistanthus pallidus
18. A. patula - Cleistanthus patulus
19. A. purpurascens - Richeria grandis
20. A. racemosa - Richeria grandis
21. A. ramiflora - Richeria grandis
22. A. robusta Thwaites 1864 not Leal 1951 - Cleistanthus robustus
23. A. stenonia - Cleistanthus stenonius
24. A. tomentosa - Bridelia tomentosa

References

1. Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 256-258, t. 101 short descriptions in Latin, longer descriptions and discussion in French
2. Tropicos, Amanoa Aubl.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. Hayden, W. J. 1990. Notes on Neotropical Amanoa (Euphorbiaceae). Brittonia 42(2): 260–270
7. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.