Hedyosmum

Hedyosmum is a genus of rhizomal flowering plants in the family Chloranthaceae. There are about 40 to 45 species. They are distributed in Central and South America and the West Indies, and one species also occurs in southeastern Asia. They are mostly dioecious, except for H. nutans and H. brenesii which are exclusively monoecious, and H. scaberrimum and H. costaricense with both monoecious and dioecious individuals.

== Species == There are 45 accepted species: Hedyosmum angustifolium – southwestern Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia Hedyosmum anisodorum – Ecuador and Peru Hedyosmum arborescens – Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, and Windward Islands Hedyosmum bonplandianum – Honduras to Colombia and Ecuador Hedyosmum brasiliense – Venezuela, Brazil, and Paraguay Hedyosmum brenesii – Central America Hedyosmum burgerianum – Panama Hedyosmum colombianum – Colombia Hedyosmum correanum – Panama Hedyosmum costaricense – Costa Rica and Panama Hedyosmum crenatum – Colombia and Venezuela Hedyosmum cuatrecazanum – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia Hedyosmum cumbalense – Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Hedyosmum dombeyanum – Peru and Bolivia Hedyosmum domingense – Hispaniola Hedyosmum gentryi – Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela Hedyosmum goudotianum – Nicaragua to Venezuela and Peru Hedyosmum huascari – Peru Hedyosmum intermedium – southern Venezuela Hedyosmum lechleri – Peru and western Bolivia Hedyosmum luteynii – Colombia and Ecuador Hedyosmum maximum – Bolivia Hedyosmum mexicanum – Mexico to northwestern Colombia Hedyosmum narinoense – Colombia and Ecuador Hedyosmum neblinae – Venezuela and northern Brazil Hedyosmum nutans – Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica Hedyosmum orientale – Southern China, Vietnam, Borneo, Sulawesi, and Sumatra Hedyosmum parvifolium – Colombia and northwestern Venezuela Hedyosmum peruvianum – Peru Hedyosmum pseudoandromeda – Venezuela Hedyosmum pungens – Colombia Hedyosmum purpurascens – Ecuador Hedyosmum racemosum – northern South America Hedyosmum scaberrimum – Nicaragua to Colombia and Ecuador Hedyosmum scabrum – southern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia Hedyosmum spectabile – Ecuador and Peru Hedyosmum sprucei – southern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Hedyosmum steinii – Colombia Hedyosmum strigosum – Colombia Hedyosmum subintegrum – Cuba Hedyosmum tepuiense – southern Venezuela and western Guyana Hedyosmum translucidum – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and northwestern Venezuela Hedyosmum uniflorum – Ecuador