Chromolucuma

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|taxon = Chromolucuma

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|type_species = Chromolucuma rubriflora

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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}}

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