Micropholis

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Micropholis
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Micropholis crassipedicellata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Micropholis
(Griseb.) Pierre
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Sapota section MicropholisGriseb.
  • Pouteria section Micropholis(Griseb.) Baehni
  • CrepinodendronPierre
  • MeiolumaBaill.
  • ParamicropholisAubrév. & Pellegr.
  • PlatylumaBaill.
  • SprucellaPierre 1890, illegitimate homonym, not Steph. 1886 (Lepidoziaceae)
  • StephanolumaBaill.
  • SyzygiopsisDucke

Micropholis is genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae , described in 1891. [3] [1] [4]

These trees are native to tropical South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies. [5] 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. [2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Micropholis (Griseb.) Pierre
  2. 1 2 "Micropholis (Griseb.) Pierre". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1891. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 2: 37–38
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R.; Harvey, Y.; Jessup, L.; Pennington, T.D. & Vink, W. (2001): World Checklist of Sapotaceae – Micropholis. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-DEC-24.
  5. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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