Couepia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1775.
Couepia is native to the tropical Americas, ranging from western and southern Mexico through Central America and tropical South America to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.
Species
63 species are accepted.
Couepia belemii Prance – Bahia, Espírito Santo
Couepia bernardii Prance – NW Brazil, N Peru
Couepia bondarii Prance – Bahia
Couepia bracteosa Benth. – Suriname to Bolivia
Couepia brevistaminea Barb.Silva & Antar – Goiás, Tocantins
Couepia carautae Prance – Espírito Santo
Couepia caryophylloides Benoist – Suriname, Fr Guiana, N Brazil
Couepia cataractae Ducke – Rondônia, Pará
Couepia chrysocalyx (Poepp.) Benth. ex Hook.f. – NW South America
Couepia cidiana Prance – Pará
Couepia coarctata Prance – Bahia
Couepia comosa Benth. – Bolívar, Guyana
Couepia eriantha Spruce ex Hook.f. – N Brazil
Couepia excelsa Ducke – Fr Guiana, N Brazil
Couepia exflexa Fanshawe & Maguire – Fr Guiana, Guyana
Couepia froesii Prance – N Brazil
Couepia glabra Prance – Amazonas B
Couepia grandiflora (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook.f. – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Couepia guianensis Aubl. – N South America
Couepia habrantha Standl. – N South America
Couepia hallwachsiae D.Santam. & Lagom. – Costa Rica
Couepia hondurasensis Prance – Honduras
Couepia impressa Prance – NE Brazil
Couepia insignis Fritsch – Bahia
Couepia janzenii D.Santam. & Lagom. – Costa Rica and Panama
Couepia joaquinae Prance – Fr Guiana, Amapá
Couepia krukovii Standl. – NW Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia
Couepia latifolia Standl. – NW Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
Couepia leitaofilhoi Prance – São Paulo
Couepia longipetiolata Prance – Bahia
Couepia macrophylla Spruce ex Hook.f. – NW South...