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Chomelia

Chomelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and much of South America as far south as Argentina.

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Chomelia
Chomelia tenuiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Guettardeae
Genus: Chomelia
Jacq.
Type species
Chomelia spinosa
Synonyms

Chomelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.1 It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and much of South America as far south as Argentina.2

Species

  • Chomelia albicaulis (Rusby) Steyerm. - Bolivia
  • Chomelia anisomeris Müll.Arg. - eastern Brazil
  • Chomelia apodantha (Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolivia
  • Chomelia bahiae J.H.Kirkbr. - Bahia
  • Chomelia barbata Standl. - Mexico
  • Chomelia barbinervis Moric. ex Benth. - northern and south-eastern Brazil
  • Chomelia bella (Standl.) Steyerm. - south-eastern Brazil
  • Chomelia boliviana Standl. - Bolivia
  • Chomelia brachypoda Donn.Sm. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
  • Chomelia brasiliana A.Rich. - Brazil
  • Chomelia breedlovei Borhidi - Chiapas
  • Chomelia brevicornu Rusby - Bolivia, Peru
  • Chomelia caurensis (Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
  • Chomelia chiquitensis C.M.Taylor - Santa Cruz
  • Chomelia costaricensis C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica
  • Chomelia crassifolia Borhidi - Oaxaca, Tabasco
  • Chomelia delascioi Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
  • Chomelia dimorpha Rusby - Bolivia
  • Chomelia ecuadorensis (K.Schum. & K.Krause) Steyerm. - Colombia, Ecuador
  • Chomelia estrellana Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
  • Chomelia fasciculata (Sw.) Sw. - western Cuba, Jamaica, Windward Islands
  • Chomelia glabricalyx Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
  • Chomelia glabriuscula Steyerm. - Venezuela, French Guiana
  • Chomelia gracilis K.Schum. ex Glaziou - south-eastern Brazil
  • Chomelia grandicarpa Dwyer - Panama
  • Chomelia grandifolia (Huber) Steyerm. - northern and south-eastern Brazil
  • Chomelia hirsuta Gardner - northern and south-eastern Brazil
  • Chomelia intercedens Müll.Arg. - Brazil
  • Chomelia juruensis (Standl.) Steyerm. - northern Brazil
  • Chomelia kirkbridei Delprete - Federal District (Brazil), Goias
  • Chomelia klugii (Standl.) Steyerm. - Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil
  • Chomelia laxiflora (Standl.) Govaerts - Colombia
  • Chomelia longiflora (Standl. ex Steyerm.) Steyerm. - Colombia
  • Chomelia longituba (Borhidi) Borhidi - Veracruz, Chiapas
  • Chomelia malaneoides Müll.Arg. - Guyana, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  • Chomelia microloba Donn.Sm. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
  • Chomelia minutiflora Glaz. - Minas Gerais
  • Chomelia modesta (Standl.) Steyerm. - south-eastern Sao Paulo (state)
  • Chomelia monachinoi Steyerm. - Venezuela
  • Chomelia monantha (Standl. ex Steyerm.) Steyerm. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
  • Chomelia multiflora Rusby - Bolivia, Guyana
  • Chomelia myrtifolia S.Moore - Mato Grosso
  • Chomelia obtusa Cham. & Schltdl. - Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • Chomelia occidentalis Müll.Arg. - west-central Brazil
  • Chomelia oligantha Müll.Arg. - eastern Brazil
  • Chomelia paniculata (Bartl. ex DC.) Steyerm. - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  • Chomelia parviflora (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. - Brazil
  • Chomelia parvifolia (Standl.) Govaerts - Brazil
  • Chomelia pedunculosa Benth. - Brazil
  • Chomelia pohliana Müll.Arg. - Brazil, Paraguay
  • Chomelia polyantha S.F.Blake - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
  • Chomelia pringlei S.Watson - San Luis Potosí
  • Chomelia psilocarpa Dwyer & M.V.Hayden - Panama, north-western Colombia
  • Chomelia pubescens Cham. & Schltdl. - eastern Brazil
  • Chomelia ramiae Steyerm. - Apure
  • Chomelia randioides (Standl.) Steyerm. - Ceará
  • Chomelia rauwolfioides (Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolivia
  • Chomelia recordii Standl. - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia
  • Chomelia ribesioides Benth. ex A.Gray - Bolivia, Brazil
  • Chomelia rubra Lorence & C.M.Taylor - Panama
  • Chomelia rudis (Standl.) Lorence - Honduras
  • Chomelia schomburgkii Steyerm. - Guyana
  • Chomelia sericea Müll.Arg. - Brazil
  • Chomelia sessilis Müll.Arg. - Brazil
  • Chomelia spinosa Jacq. - southern Mexico to tropical South America
  • Chomelia splitgerberi Bremek. - Guyana, Suriname
  • Chomelia stergiosii Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
  • Chomelia tenuiflora Benth. - Costa Rica to tropical South America
  • Chomelia torrana C.M.Taylor - Chocó
  • Chomelia transiens Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
  • Chomelia triantha Standl. - Boyacá
  • Chomelia triflora (J.H.Kirkbr.) Delprete & Achille - French Guiana
  • Chomelia tristis Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
  • Chomelia ulei (K.Krause) Achille & Delprete - Peru
  • Chomelia venezuelensis Steyerm. - Venezuela
  • Chomelia venulosa W.C.Burger & C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica, Panama
  • Chomelia volubilis (Standl.) Steyerm. - Amazonas
  • Chomelia vulpina Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
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