''Chomelia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
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Rubiaceae
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. It is native to Mexico,
Central America
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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
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*''Chomelia barbata'' Standl. - Mexico
*''Chomelia barbinervis'' Moric. ex George Bentham, Benth. - 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'' Achille Richard, A.Rich. - Brazil
*''Chomelia breedlovei'' Attila Borhidi, Borhidi - Chiapas
*''Chomelia brevicornu'' Rusby - Bolivia, Peru
*''Chomelia caurensis'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
*''Chomelia chiquitensis'' C.M.Taylor - Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz
*''Chomelia costaricensis'' C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica
*''Chomelia crassifolia'' Borhidi - Oaxaca, Tabasco
*''Chomelia delascioi'' Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
*''Chomelia dimorpha'' Rusby - Bolivia
*''Chomelia ecuadorensis'' (Karl Moritz Schumann, K.Schum. & Kurt Krause, K.Krause) Steyerm. - Colombia, Ecuador
*''Chomelia estrellana'' Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
*''Chomelia fasciculata'' (Olof Peter Swartz, Sw.) Sw. - western Cuba, Jamaica, Windward Islands
*''Chomelia glabricalyx'' Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
*''Chomelia glabriuscula'' Steyerm. - Venezuela, French Guiana
*''Chomelia gracilis'' K.Schum. ex Glaziou - south-eastern Brazil
*''Chomelia grandicarpa'' Dwyer - Panama
*''Chomelia grandifolia'' (Huber) Steyerm. - northern and south-eastern Brazil
*''Chomelia hirsuta'' George Gardner (botanist), Gardner - northern and south-eastern Brazil
*''Chomelia intercedens'' Müll.Arg. - Brazil
*''Chomelia juruensis'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - northern Brazil
*''Chomelia kirkbridei'' Delprete - Federal District (Brazil), 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, 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
*''Chomelia modesta'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - south-eastern Sao Paulo (state)
*''Chomelia monachinoi'' Steyerm. - Venezuela
*''Chomelia monantha'' (Standl. ex Steyerm.) Steyerm. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
*''Chomelia multiflora'' Rusby - Bolivia, Guyana
*''Chomelia myrtifolia'' Spencer Le Marchant Moore, S.Moore - Mato Grosso
*''Chomelia obtusa'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. - Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
*''Chomelia occidentalis'' Müll.Arg. - west-central Brazil
*''Chomelia oligantha'' Müll.Arg. - eastern Brazil
*''Chomelia paniculata'' (Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. ex Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, DC.) 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
*''Chomelia psilocarpa'' Dwyer & M.V.Hayden - Panama, north-western Colombia
*''Chomelia pubescens'' Cham. & Schltdl. - eastern Brazil
*''Chomelia ramiae'' Steyerm. - Apure
*''Chomelia randioides'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - Ceará
*''Chomelia rauwolfioides'' (Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolivia
*''Chomelia recordii'' Standl. - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia
*''Chomelia ribesioides'' Benth. ex Asa Gray, 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'' Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Jacq. - southern Mexico to tropical South America
*''Chomelia splitgerberi'' Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp, Bremek. - Guyana, Suriname
*''Chomelia stergiosii'' Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
*''Chomelia tenuiflora'' Benth. - Costa Rica to tropical South America
*''Chomelia torrana'' C.M.Taylor - Chocó Department, Chocó
*''Chomelia transiens'' Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
*''Chomelia triantha'' Standl. - Boyacá Department, 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, Venezuela, Amazonas
*''Chomelia vulpina'' Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro (state)
References
External links
''Chomelia'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
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Rubiaceae genera
Guettardeae
Flora of Central America
Flora of Southern America
Flora of the Caribbean