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Micropholis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{for multi|the prehistoric amphibian|Micropholis (amphibian)|the brittle star genus now renamed Microphiopholis|Amphiuridae}}

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|image = Micropholis crassipedicellata.jpg

|image_caption = Micropholis crassipedicellata

|taxon = Micropholis

|authority = (Griseb.) Pierre

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

  • Sapota section Micropholis Griseb.
  • Pouteria section Micropholis (Griseb.) Baehni
  • Crepinodendron Pierre
  • Meioluma Baill.
  • Paramicropholis Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Platyluma Baill.
  • Sprucella Pierre 1890, illegitimate homonym, not Steph. 1886 (Lepidoziaceae)
  • Stephanoluma Baill.
  • Syzygiopsis {{small|Ducke}}

}}

Micropholis is genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae, described in 1891.Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1891. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 2: 37–38[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019205 Tropicos, Micropholis (Griseb.) Pierre ]{{aut|Govaerts, R.; Harvey, Y.; Jessup, L.; Pennington, T.D. & Vink, W.}} (2001): World Checklist of Sapotaceae – [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Micropholis&page=quickSearch Micropholis]. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-DEC-24.

These trees are native to tropical South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=127510 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] Most are locally known as "cafetos", literally meaning "coffee plants". But while both Micropholis and the coffeeplant genus Coffea are asterids, the present genus is part of the Ericales – a quite basal asterid lineage –, while Coffea belongs to the more advanced Gentianales.

They are valued for their wood, which is used as timber, for construction and as firewood; many species are threatened by overexploitation and habitat destruction. Also, they are often used as part of catuaba, a decoction from various tree's bark claimed to have aphrodisiac and stimulant properties.

Caimitillo verde (M. garciniifolia) is an important food source of the nearly-extinct Puerto Rican amazon bird (Amazona vittata).

Species

41 species are accepted.{{cite web |title=Micropholis (Griseb.) Pierre |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36798-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 April 2025}}

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  1. Micropholis acutangula {{small|(Ducke) Eyma}} – French Guiana, Amapá
  2. Micropholis brochidodroma {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Ecuador, N Peru
  3. Micropholis casiquiarensis {{small|Aubrév.}} – Guyana, Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)
  4. Micropholis caudata {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
  5. Micropholis cayennensis {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – French Guiana, Amapá
  6. Micropholis compta {{small|Pierre}} – eastern Brazil
  7. Micropholis crassipedicellata {{small|(Mart. & Eichler) Pierre}} – eastern and southern Brazil
  8. Micropholis crotonoides {{small|(Pierre) Pierre}} – Costa Rica, Panama, St. Lucia, NW South America
  9. Micropholis cylindrocarpa {{small|(Poepp.) Pierre}} – Brazil (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto)
  10. Micropholis egensis {{small|(A.DC.) Pierre}} – Panama, N South America
  11. Micropholis emarginata {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Bahia
  12. Micropholis garciniifolia {{small|Pierre}} – Puerto Rico
  13. Micropholis gardneriana {{small|(A.DC.) Pierre}} – Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
  14. Micropholis gnaphaloclados {{small|(Mart.) Pierre}} – Brazil, Bolivia
  15. Micropholis grandiflora {{small|Aubrév.}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
  16. Micropholis guyanensis {{small|(A.DC.) Pierre}} – Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies, tropSouth America
  17. Micropholis humboldtiana {{small|(Roem. & Schult.) T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela, Brazil
  18. Micropholis laevigata {{small|(Mart.) Swenson & A.D.Faria}} – Costa Rica to Peru and northern Brazil
  19. Micropholis longipedicellata {{small|Aubrév.}} – French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Amapá
  20. Micropholis macrophylla {{small|(K.Krause) T.D.Penn.}} – Peru (Loreto)
  21. Micropholis madeirensis {{small|(Baehni) Aubrév.}} – Brazil (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto)
  22. Micropholis maguirei {{small|Aubrév.}} – Venezuela, Brazil
  23. Micropholis maxima {{small|(T.D.Penn.) Swenson & A.D.Faria}} – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
  24. Micropholis melinoniana {{small|Pierre}} – S Mexico, Central America, NW South America
  25. Micropholis mensalis {{small|(Baehni) Aubrév.}} – French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
  26. Micropholis obscura {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
  27. Micropholis oppositifolia {{small|(Ducke) Swenson}} – northern Brazil (Pará and Amapá)
  28. Micropholis polita {{small|(Griseb.) Pierre}} – Cuba, Haiti
  29. Micropholis porphyrocarpa {{small|(Baehni) Monach.}} – French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
  30. Micropholis resinifera {{small|(Ducke) Eyma}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
  31. Micropholis retusa {{small|(Spruce ex Miq.) Eyma}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
  32. Micropholis rugosa {{small|(Sw.) Pierre}} – Jamaica
  33. Micropholis sanctae-rosae {{small|(Baehni) T.D.Penn.}} – French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
  34. Micropholis spectabilis {{small|(Steyerm.) T.D.Penn.}} – Bolívar
  35. Micropholis splendens {{small|Gilly ex Aubrév.}} – Venezuela, Brazil
  36. Micropholis submarginalis {{small|Pires & T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
  37. Micropholis suborbicularis {{small|Aubrév.}} – Venezuela
  38. Micropholis trunciflora {{small|Ducke}} – Peru and northern Brazil
  39. Micropholis venamoensis {{small|Ducke}} – Bolívar
  40. Micropholis venulosa {{small|(Mart. & Eichler) Pierre}} – Central + South America
  41. Micropholis williamii {{small|Aubrév. & Pellegr.}} – Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)

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References

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Category:Sapotaceae genera

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm

Category:Taxa described in 1890

Category:Taxa named by August Grisebach

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