Melicoccus bijugatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Sapindoideae
Tribus: Melicocceae
Genus: Melicoccus
Species: Melicoccus bijugatus

Name

Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 19 (1760)

Note: validated by reference to description by P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 210 (1756).
Lectotypus: Jamaica, Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: t. 72 (1763) [designated by Howard 1989: 147]

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

Melicocca bijuga L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 495 (1762), nom. illeg., orth. var.
Melicocca carpopodea Juss., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 187, t. 4 (1817), nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
- Note: Jussieu cited Melicocca bijuga L..
Heterotypic
- Melicocca bijuga L. f. alata Kitan., Fitologiya 11: 48 (1979); not accepted by Acevedo-Rodríguez (2003) and Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2012) [cited as M. bijugatus]
  - Typus: B. Kitanov s.n. (9 April 1970; Holotypus: SO [SOXXXXXX0112 (82105)]).
  - Type locality: Cuba. Prov. de Oriente: Siboney, cerca de Santiago de Cuba, 50–100 m.s.m.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Gabon.
    - Note: fide Acevedo-Rodríguez (2012).
Pacific
- South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Is., Society Is., Tuamotu [Makatea].
- North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii (Hawaiian Is.) [D. Sherard & G. Spence 2, US /US00443420 (2893663)^(GBIF)/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003].
Northern America
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras [e.g. A. Molina R. 13703, US /US01078081 (2568133)^(GBIF)/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003], Nicaragua [e.g. D. Chaves 171, US /US01078075 (1266695)^(GBIF)/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003], Panama [P.C. Standley 29248, US /US01078077 (1218528)^(GBIF)/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003].
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti (Haiti), Jamaica, Leeward Is. (Anguilla, Antigua-Barbuda, British Virgin Is., Guadeloupe, Netherlands Leeward Is. [Saba and Sint Eustatius], St. Martin-St. Barthélémy, Virgin Is.), Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Carribean, Turks-Caicos Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia).
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana [Fleury 758, CAY /CAY006645/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003], Guyana [fide IUCN 2020], Suriname [fide IUCN 2020], Venezuela.
    - Note: Acevedo R. (1997) recognized only cultivation or escapes from cultivation in Guyana, Suriname, and possibly French Guiana.
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Galápagos.
- Brazil
  - Brazil North (Pará) [P. Cavalcante 271, IAN /IAN126259/; fide Acevedo-Rodríguez 2003].

Note: Grey indicates areas where the species is introduced. Acevedo-Rodríguez (2003: 47) and Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2012: 877) regard only occurrences in northern South America as native.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Acevedo R., P. 1997. Sapindaceae. In: Boggan, J., Funk, V., Kelloff, C., Hoff, M., Cremers, G. & Feuillet, C. Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana), ed. 2. 238 pp. Georgetown: University of Guyana. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Reference page. [see page 191]
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2003. Melicocceae (Sapindaceae): Melicoccus and Talisia. Flora Neotropica Monograph 87: 1–178. JSTOR . ResearchGate . World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page. [see pages 45–48]
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2012. Sapindaceae. In: Mota de Oliveira, P. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams Fascicle 29, pp. 1–204. Richmond: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-480-9 Online. Reference page. [see page this entry]
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Sapindaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 873–882. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.
Browne, P. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts. London. BHL Reference page.
Howard, R.A. & Bornstein, A.J. 1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles: Leeward and Windward Islands, Vol. 5 (Dicotyledoneae - Part 2). Massachusetts: Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. BHL. Reference page.
Jacquin, N.J. 1763. Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, in qua ad Linnaeanum systema determinatae descriptaeque sistuntur plantae illae, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, aliisque, et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores; adjectis iconibus in solo natali delineatis. XII + 284 pp., index, 184 tt. Ex officina Krausiana, Vindobonae [Vienna]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. [see also pages 108–109]
Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. 2017. CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos. Accessed: 12 February 2024.
Jussieu, A.-L. de 1817. Sur le Melicocca et quelques espèces nouvelles de ce genre de Plantes. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 179–189, tt. 4–8. BHL. Reference page.
Kitanov, B.P. 1979. Novedades en la flora Cubana. III. Fitologiya 11: 47–53. Google Books (only snippets available). Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I, Ed. 2. Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.
Merello, M. 2011. Melicoccus bijugatus. In: Idárraga-Piedrahita, Á., Ortiz, R. del C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.), Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, Vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Programa Expedición Antioquia 2013. Series Biodiversidad y Recursos Naturales. 939 pp. Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia, Missouri Botanical Garden y Oficina de Planeación Departamental de la Gobernación de Antioquia. ISBN 978-958-8709-61-1 PDF ResearchGate Tropicos. Reference page. [see page 869]
Morales, J.F. 2015. Sapindaceae. In: Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VIII, Dicotiledóneas. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 37–95. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Tropicos. Reference page.
Sykes, W.R. 2016. Flora of the Cook Islands. 973 pp. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawai‘i. ISBN 978-0-915809-07-3 Reference page.

Links

2024. Melicoccus bijugatus. In: Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 12 February 2024.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Melicoccus bijugatus. Accessed: 2024 February 12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Melicoccus bijugatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 12. Reference page.
Herbier IRD de Guyane - CAY (DOI: 10.23708/herbier-guyane-ird)
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Melicoccus bijugatus. Published online. Accessed: 12 February 2024. Reference page.

IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), 2020. Melicoccus bijugatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T179306554A179306556.en.
Tropicos.org 2024. Melicoccus bijugatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 February 2024. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melicoccus bijugatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12. Reference page.

Vernacular names

asturianu: guayo
English: mamoncillo
español: mamón
français: Quenettier
Kreyòl ayisyen: Kenèp
日本語: マモン
Patois: guinep
перем коми: Мамончилло
коми: Мамончилло
лакку: Мамончилло
кырык мары: Мамончилло
Nederlands: Knippa
português: mamoncillo
русский: Мелико́ккус двупа́рный
ไทย: มามอนซีโย
удмурт: Мамончилло