Simaba

Simaba
Simaba cedron-Semilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Simaroubaceae
Genus: Simaba
Aubl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aruba Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 293 (1775)
  • Phyllostema Neck. in Elem. Bot. 2: 301 (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Zwingera Schreb. in Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a].: 802 (1791), nom. illeg.

Simaba is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae.[1]

Its native range stretches from southern tropical America and Trinidad, across to western tropical Africa to Angola then across to western Malesia.[1]

It was first published by French botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1720–1778), in Hist. Pl. Guiane on page 409 in 1775.[1]

Hans Peter Nooteboom (1934–2022) in 1962 (published in 1963), took a very broad view of the genus Quassia L. and included therein various genera including, Hannoa Planch., Odyendyea (Pierre) Engl., Pierreodendron Engl., Samadera Gaertn., Simaba Aubl. and Simarouba Aubl.[2] In 2007, molecular analyses of the Simaroubaceae family (Clayton et al., 2007), suggested the splitting up of genera Quassia again, with all Nooteboom's synonyms listed above being resurrected as independent genera.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d "Simaba". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. ^ Noteboom, Hans Peter (1962). "Generic delimitation in Simaroubaceae tribus Simaroubeae and a conspectus of the genus Quassia L." (PDF). Blumea. XI (2): 509–28. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ Clayton, J.W.; Fernando, E.S.; Soltis, P.S.; Soltis, D.E. (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the Tree-of-Heaven family (Simaroubaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear markers". Int. J. Plant Sci. 168 (9): 1325–1339. doi:10.1086/521796.