''Allantoma'' is a genus of
woody plant
A woody plant is a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue and thus has a hard stem. In cold climates, woody plants further survive winter or dry season above ground, as opposed to Herbaceous plant, herbaceous plants that die back to t ...
in the family
Lecythidaceae
The Lecythidaceae ( ) comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America, Africa (including Madagascar), Asia and Australia.
Well known members of the family include the cannonball tree ...
first described as a genus in 1874.
Miers, John. 1874. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 30: 170-171, 291-298
pp 170-171 in English with informal descriptions; pages 291-298 with Latin descriptions and more formal discussion in English[Tropicos, ''Allantoma'' Miers ]
/ref> It is native to northwestern South America
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(Colombia
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, Venezuela
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, Peru
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, northern Brazil
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.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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# '' Allantoma decandra'' (Ducke) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Peru, Brazil
# '' Allantoma integrifolia'' (Ducke) S.A.Mori - Amazonas State in Brazil
# '' Allantoma kuhlmannii'' (Ducke) S.A.Mori - ]Rondônia
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Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas in the north, Mato Grosso in the east, and Bo ...
State in Brazil
# '' Allantoma lineata'' (Mart. ex O.Berg) Miers - Amazonas State in Venezuela
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; Amazonas and Pará
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States in Brazil
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# '' Allantoma pachyantha'' (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
# '' Allantoma pauciramosa'' (W.A.Rodrigues) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
# '' Allantoma pluriflora'' S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Colombia
# '' Allantoma uaupensis'' (Spruce ex O.Berg) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
References
Lecythidaceae
Ericales genera
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