Quassia amara L.
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Felipe |
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Quassia amara L. |
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[1710] Quassia amara L. View in CoL View at ENA
Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 553 [Sep. 1762] (Linnaeus 1762).
Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl., Fl. Bras. View in CoL [Martius] 12 (2): 207 [1 Sep. 1874] (Engler 1874). — Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist View in CoL , Brittonia 5: 146 (Cronquist 1944).
NOTE. — A species native to Central America and the Caraibes, probably introduced to French Guiana during the 18th century by French Jesuit priests ( Odonne et al. 2020).
VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: kwašvan • Ka: ki’elepun, kuasi bita, kuwasi, pekui • Nt: bita kwasi, kwasi • Cr: bwa-kwachi, kwachi • Fr: couachi • Br: quina, quina-de-Caiena.
HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 19 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: P. Grenand 2118.
SIZE. — Costa Rica. K. Martínez Sequeira 280 (MO), 9 m × 10 cm.
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Quassia amara L.
| Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A. 2022 |
Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.)
| Cronquist 1944: 146 |