''Chomelia'' is a

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s in the

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. It is native to Mexico,

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, the

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, and much of South America as far south as Argentina.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Chomelia''
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Species

*'' Chomelia albicaulis'' ( Rusby)

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 ...

- Bolivia *'' Chomelia anisomeris'' Müll.Arg. - eastern Brazil *'' Chomelia apodantha'' ( Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolivia *'' Chomelia bahiae'' J.H.Kirkbr. -

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 ...

*'' Chomelia barbata'' Standl. - Mexico *'' Chomelia barbinervis'' Moric. ex

Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

- northern and south-eastern Brazil *'' Chomelia bella'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - south-eastern Brazil *'' Chomelia boliviana'' Standl. - Bolivia *'' Chomelia brachypoda'' Donn.Sm. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras *'' Chomelia brasiliana''

A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...

- Brazil *'' Chomelia breedlovei'' Borhidi -

Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

*'' Chomelia brevicornu'' Rusby - Bolivia, Peru *'' Chomelia caurensis'' (Standl.) Steyerm. -

Bolívar (state) Bolívar (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar and the largest city is Ciudad Guayana. Bolívar State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population ...

*'' Chomelia chiquitensis'' C.M.Taylor - Santa Cruz *'' Chomelia costaricensis'' C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica *'' Chomelia crassifolia'' Borhidi -

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i ...

*'' Chomelia delascioi'' Steyerm. - Bolívar (state) *'' Chomelia dimorpha'' Rusby - Bolivia *'' Chomelia ecuadorensis'' ( K.Schum. & K.Krause) Steyerm. - Colombia, Ecuador *'' Chomelia estrellana'' Müll.Arg. -

Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro () is one of the States of Brazil, 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian p ...

*'' Chomelia fasciculata'' ( Sw.) Sw. - western Cuba, Jamaica,

Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or the West Indies. Located approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W, they extend from D ...

*'' Chomelia glabricalyx'' Steyerm. - Bolívar (state) *'' Chomelia glabriuscula'' Steyerm. - Venezuela,

French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...

*'' Chomelia gracilis'' K.Schum. ex Glaziou - south-eastern Brazil *'' Chomelia grandicarpa'' Dwyer - Panama *'' Chomelia grandifolia'' (Huber) Steyerm. - northern and south-eastern Brazil *'' Chomelia hirsuta''

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- northern and south-eastern Brazil *'' Chomelia intercedens'' Müll.Arg. - Brazil *'' Chomelia juruensis'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - northern Brazil *'' Chomelia kirkbridei'' Delprete -

Federal District (Brazil) The Federal District ( ) is one of 27 States of Brazil, federative units of Brazil. Located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Center-West Region, it is the List of Brazilian states by area, smallest Brazilian federal unit and the only one that ...

, Goias *'' Chomelia klugii'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil *'' Chomelia laxiflora'' (Standl.) Govaerts - Colombia *'' Chomelia longiflora'' (Standl. ex Steyerm.) Steyerm. - Colombia *'' Chomelia longituba'' (Borhidi) Borhidi -

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

, Chiapas *'' Chomelia malaneoides'' Müll.Arg. - Guyana, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil *'' Chomelia microloba'' Donn.Sm. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia *'' Chomelia minutiflora'' Glaz. -

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 ...

*'' Chomelia modesta'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - south-eastern

Sao Paulo (state) SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of ...

*'' Chomelia monachinoi'' Steyerm. - Venezuela *'' Chomelia monantha'' (Standl. ex Steyerm.) Steyerm. - Rio de Janeiro (state) *'' Chomelia multiflora'' Rusby - Bolivia, Guyana *'' Chomelia myrtifolia'' S.Moore -

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...

*'' Chomelia obtusa''

Cham. Adelbert von Chamisso (; 30 January 1781 – 21 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot) de Boncourt, a name referring to the family estate at Boncourt. Life ...

Schltdl. Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle an der Saale, Halle) was a German botanist. Life and work Von Schlechtendal was born in Xanten, Xanten am Rhein and when his father Diederich Fried ...

- Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay *'' Chomelia occidentalis'' Müll.Arg. - west-central Brazil *'' Chomelia oligantha'' Müll.Arg. - eastern Brazil *'' Chomelia paniculata'' ( Bartl. ex

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 ...

) Steyerm. - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil *'' Chomelia parviflora'' (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. - Brazil *'' Chomelia parvifolia'' (Standl.) Govaerts - Brazil *'' Chomelia pedunculosa'' Benth. - Brazil *'' Chomelia pohliana'' Müll.Arg. - Brazil, Paraguay *'' Chomelia polyantha'' S.F.Blake - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil *'' Chomelia pringlei'' S.Watson -

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 59 municipalities and is named after its capital city, San Luis Potosí. It ...

*'' Chomelia psilocarpa'' Dwyer & M.V.Hayden - Panama, north-western Colombia *'' Chomelia pubescens'' Cham. & Schltdl. - eastern Brazil *'' Chomelia ramiae'' Steyerm. -

Apure Apure State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. Its territory formed part of the provinces of Mérida (state), Mérida, Maracaibo, and Barinas (state), Barinas, in accordance with successive territorial ordinations ...

*'' Chomelia randioides'' (Standl.) Steyerm. -

Ceará Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by ...

*'' Chomelia rauwolfioides'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolivia *'' Chomelia recordii'' Standl. - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia *'' Chomelia ribesioides'' Benth. ex A.Gray - Bolivia, Brazil *'' Chomelia rubra'' Lorence & C.M.Taylor - Panama *'' Chomelia rudis'' (Standl.) Lorence - Honduras *'' Chomelia schomburgkii'' Steyerm. - Guyana *'' Chomelia sericea'' Müll.Arg. - Brazil *'' Chomelia sessilis'' Müll.Arg. - Brazil *'' Chomelia spinosa'' Jacq. - southern Mexico to tropical South America *'' Chomelia splitgerberi'' Bremek. - Guyana, Suriname *'' Chomelia stergiosii'' Steyerm. - Bolívar (state) *'' Chomelia tenuiflora'' Benth. - Costa Rica to tropical South America *'' Chomelia torrana'' C.M.Taylor - Chocó *'' Chomelia transiens'' Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state) *'' Chomelia triantha'' Standl. - Boyacá *'' Chomelia triflora'' (J.H.Kirkbr.) Delprete & Achille - French Guiana *'' Chomelia tristis'' Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state) *'' Chomelia ulei'' (K.Krause) Achille & Delprete - Peru *'' Chomelia venezuelensis'' Steyerm. - Venezuela *'' Chomelia venulosa'' W.C.Burger & C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica, Panama *'' Chomelia volubilis'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - Amazonas *'' Chomelia vulpina'' Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state)

References

External links

''Chomelia'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5104426 Rubiaceae genera Guettardeae Flora of Central America Flora of Southern America Flora of the Caribbean