Chromolucuma
Genus of flowering plants
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Chromolucuma is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described in 1925.[2][1][3]
| Chromolucuma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysophylloideae |
| Genus: | Chromolucuma Ducke |
| Type species | |
| Chromolucuma rubriflora | |
The genus is native to Central and South America.[4][5]
Species
Nine species are accepted.[6]
- Chromolucuma apiculata Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Bahia
- Chromolucuma baehniana Monach – Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana
- Chromolucuma brevipedicellata C.C.Vasconc. & Terra-Araujo – Brazil (Amazonas)
- Chromolucuma cespedesiiformis J.F.Morales – Costa Rica
- Chromolucuma congestifolia (Pilz) Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Panama, Costa Rica
- Chromolucuma flavilatex (T.D.Penn.) Alves-Araújo – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
- Chromolucuma rubriflora Ducke – Colombia (Antioquia), S Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima, Pará)
- Chromolucuma stipulifera (T.D.Penn.) Alves-Araújo – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
- Chromolucuma williamii (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Alves-Araújo – Colombia (Amazonas), northern Brazil (Amazonas), and French Guiana
