Calycolpus

Calycolpus
Calycolpus moritzianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Myrteae
Genus:	Calycolpus O.Berg
Synonyms [1]
PsidiopsisO.Berg

Calycolpus is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1856. ^{[2] [3]} It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ^[1]

The species formerly called Calycolpus excisus is a small tree known only from the limestone mountains of eastern Cuba, now known as Eugenia excisa . It is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species.

Species [1]

1. Calycolpus aequatorialis Landrum - Sucumbíos
2. Calycolpus alternifolius (Gleason) Landrum - S Venezuela
3. Calycolpus andersonii Landrum - Pará
4. Calycolpus australis Landrum - Minas Gerais
5. Calycolpus bolivarensis Landrum - Bolívar State
6. Calycolpus calophyllus (Kunth) O.Berg - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil
7. Calycolpus cochleatus McVaugh - Bolívar State, Guyana
8. Calycolpus goetheanus (Mart. ex DC.) O.Berg - Trinidad, N South America
9. Calycolpus legrandii Mattos - Alagoas, Bahia
10. Calycolpus moritzianus (O.Berg) Burret - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
11. Calycolpus revolutus (Schauer) O.Berg - Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana
12. Calycolpus roraimensis Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana, Rondônia, Peru
13. Calycolpus sessiliflorus Landrum - Bahia
14. Calycolpus surinamensis McVaugh - Guyana, Suriname, Pará
15. Calycolpus warscewiczianus O.Berg - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 348, 378–384 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Calycolpus O. Berg