''Soulamea'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in family
Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phylogeny of the family was published in 200 ...
. They are shrubs or small trees, and are
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, with the exception of ''
Soulamea amara'', which has bisexual flowers.
It is native to parts of
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...
in the West Pacific. From the Seychelles, Borneo, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea and Maluku to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Species
According to Kew,
* ''
Soulamea amara''
* ''
Soulamea cardioptera''
* ''
Soulamea cycloptera''
* ''
Soulamea dagostinii''
* ''
Soulamea fraxinifolia''
* ''
Soulamea moratii''
* ''
Soulamea muelleri''
* ''
Soulamea pancheri''
* ''
Soulamea pelletieri''
* ''
Soulamea rigaultii''
* ''
Soulamea terminalioides''
* ''
Soulamea tomentosa''
* ''
Soulamea trifoliata''
References
Sapindales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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