Chaetolepis
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Chaetolepis_cufodontisii_1.jpg
|image_caption =Chaetolepis cufodontisii
|taxon = Chaetolepis
|image_alt = Photograph of the plant with yellow four-petaled flowers
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Chaetolepis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.{{cite web |title=Chaetolepis (DC.) Miq. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26251-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=21 March 2021 |language=en}}
Its native range is Costa Rica to Guyana.
- Chaetolepis alpina {{small|Naudin}}
- Chaetolepis anisandra {{small|Naudin}}
- Chaetolepis cufodontisii {{small|Standl.}}
- Chaetolepis lindeniana {{small|Triana}}
- Chaetolepis loricarella {{small|Triana}}
- Chaetolepis microphylla {{small|Miq.}}
- Chaetolepis perijensis {{small|Wurdack}}
- Chaetolepis phelpsiae {{small|Gleason}}
- Chaetolepis santamartensis {{small|Wurdack}}
- Chaetolepis sessilis {{small|Pittier}}
- Chaetolepis sumapacensis {{small|Humberto Mend. & C. Castro, 2023}}{{Cite journal |last=Mendoza-Cifuentes |first=Humberto |last2=Castro |first2=Cristian |date=2023-05-16 |title=Una nueva especie de Chaetolepis (Melastomeae, Melastomataceae) en Bogotá, Colombia |url=https://raccefyn.co/index.php/raccefyn/article/view/una_nueva_especie_de_chaetolepis |journal=Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales |volume=47 |issue=183 |pages=329–334 |doi=10.18257/raccefyn.1859 |issn=2382-4980|doi-access=free }}