Chytroma
Genus of flowering plants
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Chytroma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae. It includes 19 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Costa Rica to northern and eastern Brazil.
| Chytroma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
| Genus: | Chytroma Miers |
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The genus was first described in 1874 by John Miers.[1] It was later considered a synonym of Lecythis. A phylogenetic study published in 2024 by Vargas et al. concluded that Lecythis was polyphyletic, and the authors placed the Poiteau and Chartacea sections of Lecythis in the revived Chytroma.[2]
Species
19 species are accepted.[1]
- Chytroma alutacea (A.C.Sm.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma barnebyi (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma brancoensis R.Knuth
- Chytroma chartacea (O.Berg) Miers
- Chytroma congestiflora (Benoist) R.Knuth
- Chytroma gracieana (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma holcogyne (Sandwith) R.Knuth
- Chytroma ibiriba Miers
- Chytroma lurida (Miers) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma mesophylla (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma parvifructa (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma poiteaui (O.Berg) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma prancei (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma retusa (Spruce ex O.Berg) Miers
- Chytroma schomburgkii (O.Berg) Miers
- Chytroma schwackei (R.Knuth) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma serrata (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma simiorum (Benoist) R.Knuth
