Chrysobalanaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of trees and shrubs in 27 genera and about 700 species of pantropical distribution with a centre of diversity in the Amazon. Some of the species contain silica in their bodies for rigidity and so the mesophyll often has sclerenchymatous idioblasts. The widespread species Chrysobalanus icaco produces a plum-like fruit and the plant is commonly known as the coco plum.
Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance is a prominent British botanist and ecologist who has published extensively on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, but drew particular attention in documenting the pollination ecology of Victoria amazonica. Prance is a former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.
Atuna is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1838. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the western Pacific.
Moquilea fasciculata is a species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is endemic to Panama.
Licania is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the family Chrysobalanaceae. Species are found naturally occurring in neotropical forests from southern Mexico to Brazil and the Lesser Antilles. Due to increased deforestation and loss of habitat, several species have declined, some markedly so, and L. caldasiana from Colombia appears to have gone extinct in recent years. Many species are either rare or restricted in distribution and therefore potentially threatened with future extinction. In 2016, a new circumscription of Licania was outlined, with over 100 species being placed in other genera such as Moquilea, Leptobalanus, Hymenopus, Microdesmia, Parinariopsis, Geobalanus and Cordillera.
Moquilea chiriquiensis is a species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is endemic to Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Hymenopus conferruminatus is a species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Magnistipula is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1905.
Tapura is a genus of plant in the family Dichapetalaceae.
Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa, synonym Atuna racemosa, is a tree in the family Chrysobalanaceae. The epithet racemosa is from the Latin meaning 'clustered', referring to the inflorescence. The tree is widely known as tabon-tabon in the Philippines, where the fruits have been traditionally used for the preparation of kinilaw for almost a thousand years.
Geobalanus oblongifolius, commonly known as gopher apple, is an evergreen shrub. It grows in America within the sandhills of peninsular Florida as well as coastal Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia.
Angelesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Chrysobalanaceae.
Gaulettia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Chrysobalanaceae.
Leptobalanus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Chrysobalanaceae.
Microdesmia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Chrysobalanaceae.
Moquilea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Chrysobalanaceae.
Parinariopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Chrysobalanaceae. The only species is Parinariopsis licaniiflora.
Hymenopus is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae, native to Central and South America.
