Chromolucuma
Appearance
Chromolucuma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Subfamily: | Chrysophylloideae |
Genus: | Chromolucuma Ducke |
Type species | |
Chromolucuma rubriflora |
Chromolucuma is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described in 1925.[3][1][4]
The genus is native to Central and South America.[2][5]
Species
[edit]Nine species are accepted.[6]
- Chromolucuma apiculata Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Bahia
- Chromolucuma baehniana Monach – Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana
- Chromolucuma brevipedicellata C.C.Vasconc. & Terra-Araujo – Brazil (Amazonas)
- Chromolucuma cespedesiiformis J.F.Morales – Costa Rica
- Chromolucuma congestifolia (Pilz) Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Panama, Costa Rica
- Chromolucuma flavilatex (T.D.Penn.) Alves-Araújo – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
- Chromolucuma rubriflora Ducke – Colombia (Antioquia), S Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima, Pará)
- Chromolucuma stipulifera (T.D.Penn.) Alves-Araújo – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
- Chromolucuma williamii (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Alves-Araújo – Colombia (Amazonas), northern Brazil (Amazonas), and French Guiana
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tropicos, Chromolucuma Ducke
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Ducke, Walter Adolpho. 1925. Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 4: 160-161 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 52: 1–771.
- ^ "Chromolucuma Ducke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 April 2025.