Simaba
Simaba is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae.
Its native range stretches from southern tropical America and Trinidad, across to western tropical Africa to Angola then across to western Malesia.
It was first published by French botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, in Hist. Pl. Guiane on page 409 in 1775.
Hans Peter Nooteboom in 1962, took a very broad view of the genus Quassia and included therein various genera including, Hannoa, Odyendyea, Pierreodendron, Samadera, Simaba and Simarouba In 2007, molecular analyses of the Simaroubaceae family, suggested the splitting up of genera Quassia again, with all Nooteboom's synonyms listed above being resurrected as independent genera.
Species
As accepted by Plants of the World Online;- Simaba africana
- Simaba borneensis
- Simaba guianensis
- Simaba monophylla
- Simaba obovata
- Simaba orinocensis
- Simaba polyphylla
- ''Simaba pubicarpa''
Distribution