Couepia guianensis Aubl. subsp. guianensis

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, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 417

[267] Couepia guianensis Aubl. subsp. guianensis

Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 519 [Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775). — Acia amara Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4 3 (1): 717 (Willdenow 1800), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Couepia guianensis ). — Acioa amara Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 1: 9 (Steudel 1821), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Couepia guianensis ). — Moquilea couepia Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 159 (Steudel 1841), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Couepia guianensis ).

Couepia leptostachya Benth. ex Hook.f., Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14 (2): 44 [17 Apr. 1867] ( Hooker 1867).

Couepia versicolor Benoist, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 29: 596 (Benoist 1923).

Couepia surinamensis Kleinhoonte, Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 22: 390 [“1925” publ. Jan. 1926] (Kleinhoonte 1926).

NOTE. — Hyperdominant in Amazonia ( ter Steege et al. 2020) .

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: kwep-puvemna • Ka: kuwepi, kwepi • Te: alama’ɨ• Nt: kwebi kookoo • Cr: bwa-golèt, golèt-koumaté • Fr: gaulette • Br: pajurá-verdadeiro.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 34 collections at CAY. Sel.exs.: J.B. Aublet s.n. (lecto-, BM[BM000065023] designated by Prance [1981: 349]).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 207 trees in 97 plots; Fmax = 1.1 %; dbhinv = 72.1 cm.