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Hieronyma

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Hieronyma macrocarpa.JPG

|image_caption = Hieronyma macrocarpa

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Hieronyma

|authority = Allemão 1848 not Walp. 1853

|type_species = Hieronyma alchorneoides

|type_species_authority = Allemão

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|synonyms = *Hieronima, spelling variant

  • Hyeronima, spelling variant
  • Stilaginella Tul.

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Hieronyma is a genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1848.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029150 Tropicos, Hieronyma Allemão ]Allemão e Cysneiro, Francisco Freire. 1848. Hieronima alchorneoides (Typographis do Archivo medico brasileiro). This family was formerly united with spurges, crotons, copperleaves, etc. (Euphorbiaceae), but have turned out to be well distinct. The genus is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=99123 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.{{cite journal|jstor=20443245|title=A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Petra|last2=Kathriarachchi|first2=Hashendra|last3=Wurdack|first3=Kenneth J.|journal=Kew Bulletin|year=2006|volume=61|issue=1|pages=37–53}}

The spelling Hieronyma has been conserved; the spellings Hieronima and Hyeronima are spelling variants of this name.

Hieronyma is used locally as a foodplant,{{Verify source|date=April 2008}} e.g. by the Nukak of Guaviare Department in the Amazon natural region of Colombia. Several species are threatened by deforestation.

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Category:Phyllanthaceae genera

Category:Dioecious plants

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