Chromolucuma
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Chromolucuma is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described in 1925.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31246657#page/582/mode/1up Ducke, Walter Adolpho. 1925. Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 4: 160-161] descriptions in Latin, commentary in French[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40008331 Tropicos, Chromolucuma Ducke]Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The genus is native to Central and South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34040 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 52: 1–771.
Species
Nine species are accepted.{{cite web |title=Chromolucuma Ducke |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296761-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=5 April 2025}}
- Chromolucuma apiculata Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Bahia
- Chromolucuma baehniana Monach – Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana
- Chromolucuma brevipedicellata {{small|C.C.Vasconc. & Terra-Araujo}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
- Chromolucuma cespedesiiformis {{small|J.F.Morales}} – Costa Rica
- Chromolucuma congestifolia (Pilz) Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Panama, Costa Rica
- Chromolucuma flavilatex {{small|(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 {{small|(T.D.Penn.) Alves-Araújo}} – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
- Chromolucuma williamii {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Alves-Araújo}} – Colombia (Amazonas), northern Brazil (Amazonas), and French Guiana
References
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Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Taxa described in 1925
Category:Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke
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