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Calycolpus

Calycolpus is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1856. It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies.

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Calycolpus
Calycolpus moritzianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Calycolpus
O.Berg
Synonyms1

Psidiopsis O.Berg

Calycolpus is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1856.23 It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies.1

The species formerly called Calycolpus excisus is a small tree known only from the limestone mountains of eastern Cuba, now known as Eugenia excisa. It is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species.[1]

Species1
  1. Calycolpus aequatorialis Landrum – Sucumbíos
  2. Calycolpus alternifolius (Gleason) Landrum – S Venezuela
  3. Calycolpus andersonii Landrum – Pará
  4. Calycolpus australis Landrum – Minas Gerais
  5. Calycolpus bolivarensis Landrum – Bolívar State
  6. Calycolpus calophyllus (Kunth) O.Berg – Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil
  7. Calycolpus cochleatus McVaugh – Bolívar State, Guyana
  8. Calycolpus goetheanus (Mart. ex DC.) O.Berg – Trinidad, N South America
  9. Calycolpus legrandii Mattos – Alagoas, Bahia
  10. Calycolpus moritzianus (O.Berg) Burret – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
  11. Calycolpus revolutus (Schauer) O.Berg – Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana
  12. Calycolpus roraimensis Steyerm. – Venezuela, Guyana, Rondônia, Peru
  13. Calycolpus sessiliflorus Landrum – Bahia
  14. Calycolpus surinamensis McVaugh – Guyana, Suriname, Pará
  15. Calycolpus warscewiczianus O.Berg – Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
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