Calycolpus is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1856.Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 348, 378–384 in LatinTropicos, Calycolpus O. Berg It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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 Calycolpus aequatorialis Landrum – Sucumbíos Calycolpus alternifolius (Gleason) Landrum – S Venezuela Calycolpus andersonii Landrum – Pará Calycolpus australis Landrum – Minas Gerais Calycolpus bolivarensis Landrum – Bolívar State Calycolpus calophyllus (Kunth) O.Berg – Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil Calycolpus cochleatus McVaugh – Bolívar State, Guyana Calycolpus goetheanus (Mart. ex DC.) O.Berg – Trinidad, N South America Calycolpus legrandii Mattos – Alagoas, Bahia Calycolpus moritzianus (O.Berg) Burret – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador Calycolpus revolutus (Schauer) O.Berg – Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana Calycolpus roraimensis Steyerm. – Venezuela, Guyana, Rondônia, Peru Calycolpus sessiliflorus Landrum – Bahia Calycolpus surinamensis McVaugh – Guyana, Suriname, Pará Calycolpus warscewiczianus O.Berg – Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
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