''Calycophyllum'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

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Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...

. It was described by

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

in 1830. The genus is found from

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and the

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Species

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Calycophyllum candidissimum ''Calycophyllum candidissimum'', the degami, dagame or lemonwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Calycophyllum, native to southern Mexico, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela. It is the national tree of Nicaragua N ...

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DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

common names: lemonwood, digame lancewood - Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Belize, Central America, Cuba, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia * '' Calycophyllum intonsum''

Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...

- Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil * '' Calycophyllum megistocaulum'' (

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) C.M.Taylor - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil * '' Calycophyllum merumense''

- Guyana * '' Calycophyllum multiflorum''

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- Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay * '' Calycophyllum obovatum'' ( Ducke) Ducke - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil * '' Calycophyllum papillosum'' J.H.Kirkbr. - Brazil (

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Calycophyllum spectabile ''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. Species * '' Calycophyllu ...

- Guyana * ''

Calycophyllum spruceanum ''Calycophyllum spruceanum'', common names capirona and Pau-Mulato, is a canopy tree belonging to the Gardenia Family ( Rubiaceae) indigenous to the Amazon rainforest. Its most interesting characteristic is its very shiny, highly polished ''gre ...

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K.Schum. Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...

- Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil * ''

Calycophyllum tefense ''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. Species * '' Calycophyllu ...

'' J.H.Kirkbr. - Brazil (

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) * '' Calycophyllum venezuelense''

- Venezuela, Guyana

References

External links

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''Calycophyllum'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera Calycophylleae Flora of Central America Flora of South America {{Cinchonoideae-stub