Gouania

Genus of flowering plants

For the genus of clingfishes, see Gouania (fish).

Gouania

Gouania hillebrandii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Rhamnaceae
Tribe:  | Gouanieae
Genus:  | Gouania
Jacq.
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Pleuranthodes Weberb.

Gouania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae. The 50 to 70 species it contains are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Ocean islands, southern Asia, the Americas and Hawaii. They are shrubs or lianas. A revision of the species in Madagascar and the other western Indian Ocean islands is in preparation, where the genus has an important centre of diversity. The work will recognise several new species.

## Selected species

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* Gouania corylifolia Raddi (Brazil)
* Gouania hillebrandii Oliv. ex Hillebr. (Hawaii)
* Gouania leptostachya DC. (South Asia, Southeast Asia)
* Gouania longispicata (Central Africa)
* Gouania lupuloides (L.) Urb. – chewstick or toothbrush tree (Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, northern South America)
* Gouania meyenii Steud. – smoothfruit chewstick (Hawaii)
* Gouania napalensis Wall. (India, Nepal)
* Gouania polygama (Jacq.) Urb. (Mexico, Central and South America)
* Gouania vitifolia A.Gray – Oʻahu chewstick (Hawaii)[2][3]

## References

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1. ^ "Genus: Gouania Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-02-10. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
2. ^ "Gouania". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
3. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Gouania". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2000-12-02. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

* Madagascar Catalogue: Gouania
* Flora of Zimbabwe: Gouania

## External links

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Media related to Gouania at Wikimedia Commons  Data related to Gouania at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers

Gouania|

* Wikidata: Q3310354
* Wikispecies: Gouania (Rhamnaceae)
* APDB: 191057
* APNI: 62360
* BOLD: 148674
* CoL: 4QGM
* EPPO: 1GOAG
* FoAO2: Gouania
* FoC: 113952
* GBIF: 3039434
* GRIN: 5114
* iNaturalist: 156881
* IPNI: 30010171-2
* IRMNG: 1273029
* ITIS: 28537
* NCBI: 106678
* Open Tree of Life: 714700
* PLANTS: GOUAN
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30010171-2
* Tropicos: 40016720
* WFO: wfo-4000016086

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