''Allantoma'' is a genus of

woody plant A woody plant is a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue and thus has a hard stem. In cold climates, woody plants further survive winter or dry season above ground, as opposite to herbaceous plants that die back to the ground until sp ...

in the family

Lecythidaceae The Lecythidaceae comprise a family (biology), family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America, Africa (including Madagascar), Asia and Australia. The most important member of the family in wor ...

first described as a genus in 1874.Miers, John. 1874. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 30: 170-171, 291-298
pp 170-171 in English with informal descriptions; pages 291-298 with Latin descriptions and more formal discussion in EnglishTropicos, ''Allantoma'' Miers
/ref> It is native to northwestern

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, northern

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species # '' Allantoma decandra'' (Ducke) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Peru, Brazil # '' Allantoma integrifolia'' (Ducke) S.A.Mori - Amazonas State in Brazil # '' Allantoma kuhlmannii'' (Ducke) S.A.Mori -

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State in Brazil # '' Allantoma lineata'' (Mart. ex O.Berg) Miers - Amazonas State in

; Amazonas and

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Allantoma pachyantha ''Allantoma pachyantha'', synonym ''Cariniana pachyantha'', is a species of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family. It is found only in Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat redu ...

'' (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil # ''

Allantoma pauciramosa ''Allantoma pauciramosa'', synonym ''Cariniana pauciramosa'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the ...

'' (W.A.Rodrigues) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil # '' Allantoma pluriflora'' S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Colombia # ''

Allantoma uaupensis ''Allantoma uaupensis'', synonym ''Cariniana uaupensis'', is a species of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family. It is found only in Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduct ...

'' (Spruce ex O.Berg) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil

References

Lecythidaceae Ericales genera {{Lecythidaceae-stub