''Guapira'' is a genus of
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bi ...
shrubs in
four o'clock family.
[Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 3: plate 119]
line drawing of ''Guapira guianensis'' (mislabeled as ''Quapira Guianensis'')[The Plant List search for ''Guapira'']
/ref> Its species are native to Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. W ...
, South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
, the West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Great ...
, and the extreme southern part of Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
.Flora of North America Vol. 4 Page 74 ''Guapira'' Aublet
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References
Nyctaginaceae
Caryophyllales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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