''Calycophyllum'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae. It was described by
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from
Mexico
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,
Central America
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,
South America
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and the
West Indies
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.
Species
* ''
Calycophyllum candidissimum''
( Vahl) DC.
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...
common names: lemonwood, digame lancewood
- Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Belize, Central America, Cuba, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia
* ''
Calycophyllum intonsum
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* ''Calycophyllum c ...
''
Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
* ''
Calycophyllum megistocaulum
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* ''Calycophyllum c ...
''
(K.Krause
Kurt Krause (April 20, 1883 in Potsdam – November 19, 1963 in Berlin) was a German botanist who wrote 33 articles and five books on the flora and vegetation of Turkey
about 9300 species of vascular plant were known to grow in Turkey. By comp ...
) C.M.Taylor - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
* ''
Calycophyllum merumense
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* ''Calycophyllum c ...
''
Steyerm. - Guyana
* ''
Calycophyllum multiflorum
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* ''Calycophyllum c ...
''
Griseb.
August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879.
Biography
Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ...
- Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
* ''
Calycophyllum obovatum
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* ''Calycophyllum c ...
''
( Ducke) Ducke - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
* ''
Calycophyllum papillosum
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* ''Calycophyllum c ...
''
J.H.Kirkbr. - Brazil (
Espírito Santo)
* ''
Calycophyllum spectabile
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* ...
''
Steyerm. - Guyana
* ''
Calycophyllum spruceanum
''Calycophyllum spruceanum'', common names capirona and Pau-Mulato, is a canopy tree belonging to the Gardenia Family ( Rubiaceae) indigenous to the Amazon rainforest. Its most interesting characteristic is its very shiny, highly polished ''gre ...
''
(Benth.
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) Hook.f.
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ex K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
- Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
* ''
Calycophyllum tefense
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* '' Calycophyllu ...
''
J.H.Kirkbr. - Brazil (
Amazonas)
* ''
Calycophyllum venezuelense
''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Species
* ''Calycophyllum c ...
''
Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana
References
External links
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''Calycophyllum'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Calycophylleae
Flora of Central America
Flora of South America
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