Chaetocarpus
Genus of flowering plants
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Chaetocarpus is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854.[2][3] Chaetocarpus species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa,[4] and Asia.[5][1] Some species are endangered.[6]
- Species[1]
- Chaetocarpus acutifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Borhidi – Sierra de Moa in Cuba
- Chaetocarpus africanus Pax – C Africa
- Chaetocarpus castanocarpus (Roxb.) Thwaites – SE Asia, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Chaetocarpus cordifolius (Urb.) Borhidi – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
- Chaetocarpus coriaceus Thwaites – Sri Lanka
- Chaetocarpus cubensis Fawc. & Rendle – Cuba
- Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke – Bolivia, Brazil
- Chaetocarpus ferrugineus Philcox – Sri Lanka
- Chaetocarpus gabonensis Breteler – Gabon
- Chaetocarpus globosus (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle – Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Rep.
- Chaetocarpus myrsinites Baill. – Bolivia, Brazil
- Chaetocarpus parvifolius Borhidi – Cuba
- Chaetocarpus pearcei Rusby – Bolivia
- Chaetocarpus pubescens (Thwaites) Hook.f. – Sri Lanka
- Chaetocarpus rabaraba Capuron – Madagascar
- Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm. – Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas, NW Brazil
- member of homonymic genus, synonym of Pouteria
| Chaetocarpus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Chaetocarpus echinocarpus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Peraceae |
| Genus: | Chaetocarpus Thwaites 1854, conserved name, not Schreb. 1789 (Sapotaceae) |
| Type species | |
| Chaetocarpus pungens | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Chaetocarpus pouteria J.F.Gmel, synonym of Pouteria guianensis Aubl. (Sapotaceae)
