''Calycolpus'' is a

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of the

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Myrtaceae Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

, first described as a genus in 1856.Tropicos, ''Calycolpus'' O. Berg
/ref> It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> 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

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;Species # '' Calycolpus aequatorialis'' Landrum - Sucumbíos # '' Calycolpus alternifolius'' (Gleason) Landrum - S Venezuela # '' Calycolpus andersonii'' Landrum -

Pará Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...

# '' Calycolpus australis'' Landrum -

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

# '' 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 Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

# '' Calycolpus moritzianus'' (O.Berg) Burret - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador # '' Calycolpus revolutus'' (Schauer) O.Berg - Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana # '' Calycolpus roraimensis'' Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana,

Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). It is bordered by Acre (state), Acre in the west, Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas in the north, Mato Grosso in the east, and Bo ...

, Peru # '' Calycolpus sessiliflorus'' Landrum -

# '' Calycolpus surinamensis'' McVaugh - Guyana, Suriname,

# '' Calycolpus warscewiczianus'' O.Berg - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua

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Myrtaceae genera Flora of the Neotropical realm {{Myrtaceae-stub