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Calycolpus
Sign in to saveCalycolpus 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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- Specimen records
- 51
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Collections
- F, UFPB, MO, NY, UFPE, ASU
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Brasil, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador
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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.
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. Species Calycolpus aequatorialis Landrum - Sucumbíos Calycolpus alternifolius (Gleason) Landrum - S Venezuela Calycolpus andersonii Landrum - Pará Calycolpus australis Landrum - Minas Gerais Calycolpus bolivarensis Landrum - Bolívar State Calycolpus calophyllus (Kunth) O.Berg - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil Calycolpus cochleatus McVaugh - Bolívar State, Guyana Calycolpus goetheanus (Mart. ex DC.) O.Berg - Trinidad, N South America Calycolpus legrandii Mattos - Alagoas, Bahia Calycolpus moritzianus (O.Berg) Burret - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador Calycolpus revolutus (Schauer) O.Berg - Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana Calycolpus roraimensis Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana, Rondônia, Peru Calycolpus sessiliflorus Landrum - Bahia Calycolpus surinamensis McVaugh - Guyana, Suriname, Pará Calycolpus warscewiczianus O.Berg - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
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