Chaetocarpus | |
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Chaetocarpus echinocarpus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Peraceae |
Genus: | Chaetocarpus Thwaites 1854, conserved name, not Schreb. 1789 (Sapotaceae) |
Type species | |
Chaetocarpus pungens | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Chaetocarpus is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. [2] [3] Chaetocarpus species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa, [4] and Asia. [5] [1] Some species are endangered. [6]
Chaetocarpus pouteriaJ.F.Gmel, synonym of Pouteria guianensis Aubl. (Sapotaceae)
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