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Amanoa
Genus of flowering plants
- See also Queen Amanoa, a fictional character from the Star Wars expanded universe.
Amanoa is a genus in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, and tropical Africa.
- Species
- Amanoa almerindae Leal, Brazilian Amazonas, Venezuelan Amazonas
- Amanoa anomala Little, Ecuador
- Amanoa bracteosa Planch., Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia
- Amanoa caribaea Krug & Urb., Guadeloupe, Dominica
- Amanoa condorensis J.L.Clark & D.A.Neill, Ecuador
- Amanoa congesta W.J.Hayden, Amapá, Pará, Fr Guiana
- Amanoa cupatensis Huber, B Amazonas, V Amazonas
- Amanoa glaucophyla Müll.Arg., Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
- Amanoa gracillima W.J.Hayden, B Amazonas
- Amanoa grandiflora (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg., Central and South America
- Amanoa guianensis Aubl., Trinidad, Central America, N South America
- Amanoa marapiensis Secco, Brazil
- Amanoa nanayensis W.J.Hayden, Loreto
- Amanoa oblongifolia Müll.Arg., from Venezuela to Bolivia
- Amanoa sinuosa W.J.Hayden, Loreto, B Amazonas
- Amanoa steyermarkii Jabl., Southern Venezuela
- Amanoa strobilacea Müll.Arg., West and Central Africa
- Amanoa tolimensis Villanueva & Corr.-Bravo, Colombia
- Formerly included
moved to other genera: Bridelia Cleistanthus Gonatogyne Pentabrachion Richeria
- A. acuminata, Cleistanthus acuminatus
- A. boiviniana, Cleistanthus boivinianus
- A. brasiliensis, Gonatogyne brasiliensis
- A. chartacea, Cleistanthus oblongifolius
- A. collina, Cleistanthus collinus
- A. cunninghamii, Cleistanthus cunninghamii
- A. dallachyana, Cleistanthus dallachyanus
- A. divaricata, Richeria grandis
- A. faginea, Bridelia leichhardtii
- A. ferruginea, Cleistanthus ferrugineus
- A. indica Wight 1852, Cleistanthus patulus
- A. indica Thwaites 1864, Cleistanthus robustus
- A. laurifolia, Pentabrachion reticulatum
- A. leichhardtii, Bridelia leichhardtii
- A. muricata, Esenbeckia almawillia
- A. ovata, Bridelia exaltata
- A. pallida, Cleistanthus pallidus
- A. patula, Cleistanthus patulus
- A. purpurascens, Richeria grandis var. grandis
- A. racemosa, Richeria grandis
- A. ramiflora, Richeria grandis var. grandis
- A. robusta Thwaites 1864 not Leal 1951, Cleistanthus robustus
- A. schweinfurthii, Erythroxylum fischeri
- A. stenonia, Cleistanthus stenonius
- A. tomentosa, Bridelia tomentosa
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