Weinmannia is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. It contains 90 species, which range from Mexico through Central and South America including the Caribbean, and to the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion) in the western Indian Ocean. It is absent from mainland Africa and Australia, but some fossils have been attributed to Weinmannia in Australia.
Leaves are simple or pinnate, with a margin usually toothed, and interpetiolar stipules. Flowers are bisexual, white, arranged in racemes. The fruit is a capsule opening vertically from the top to the base. Seeds hairy without wings.
Species
90 species are currently accepted:
Weinmannia abstrusa J.F.Morales – Honduras
Weinmannia anisophylla Standl. & L.O.Williams – Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
Weinmannia apurimacensis O.C. Schmidt – southeastern Peru
Weinmannia auriculata D.Don – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northwestern Venezuela
var. bogotensis (Cuatrec.) Bernardi
var. dryadifolia (Moric. ex Ser.) Bernardi
Weinmannia auriformis Z.S.Rogers – Ecuador
Weinmannia baccariniana Pamp. – Venezuela and Peru
Weinmannia balbisiana Kunth – southeastern Mexico to Bolivia
var. calothyrsa (Diels) Cuatrec.
Weinmannia bangii (Rusby) Engl. – Peru and Bolivia
Weinmannia boliviensis R.E. Fr. – Bolivia
Weinmannia brachystachya Willd. ex Engl. – Peru and southern Venezuela
Weinmannia bradfordiana Z.S.Rogers – Ecuador
Weinmannia burserifolia Standl. – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Weinmannia chryseis Diels – Colombia and Peru
Weinmannia cinerea Ruiz & Pav. – Peru
Weinmannia cochensis Hieron. – Colombia and Ecuador
Weinmannia cogolloi J. F. Morales – Colombia
Weinmannia condorensis Z.S.Rogers – Ecuador
Weinmannia corocoroensis J.Bradford & P.E.Berry – Venezuela
Weinmannia costulata Cuatrec. – southern Ecuador
Weinmannia crassifolia Ruiz & Pav. – Peru and Bolivia
Weinmannia cundinamarcensis Cuatrec. – Colombia, Peru, and western Bolivia
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