''Soulamea'' is a genus of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

in family

Simaroubaceae The Simaroubaceae, also known as the quassia family, 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 phyloge ...

. They are shrubs or small trees, and are

dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ...

, with the exception of ''

Soulamea amara ''Soulamea amara'' is a plant in the family Simaroubaceae. It is native to maritime Southeast Asia and some islands of the western Pacific. Description ''Soulamea amara'' grows as a shrub or tree up to tall, occasionally to tall. The leaves ar ...

'', 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. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

in the West Pacific. From the Seychelles, Borneo, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea and Maluku to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji.

Species

14 species are accepted. * ''

'' * '' Soulamea cardioptera'' * '' Soulamea cycloptera'' * '' Soulamea dagostinii'' * '' Soulamea fraxinifolia'' * '' Soulamea moratii'' * ''

Soulamea muelleri ''Soulamea'' is a genus of plant in family Simaroubaceae. They are shrubs or small trees, and are dioecious, with the exception of '' Soulamea amara'', which has bisexual flowers. It is native to parts of Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical ...

'' * ''

Soulamea pancheri ''Soulamea'' is a genus of plant in family Simaroubaceae. They are shrubs or small trees, and are dioecious, with the exception of ''Soulamea amara'', which has bisexual flowers. It is native to parts of Malesia in the West Pacific. From the Seych ...

'' * '' Soulamea pelletieri'' * '' Soulamea rigaultii'' * '' Soulamea soulameoides'' – Fiji * '' Soulamea terminalioides'' – Seychelles * '' Soulamea tomentosa'' * '' Soulamea trifoliata''

References

Sapindales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck {{sapindales-stub