Allantoma

Allantoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Allantoma
Miers
Type species
Allantoma torulosa
Miers[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

Goeldinia Huber

Allantoma is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1874.[4][2] It is native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, northern Brazil.[3]

species[3]
  1. Allantoma decandra (Ducke) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Peru, Brazil
  2. Allantoma integrifolia (Ducke) S.A.Mori - Amazonas State in Brazil
  3. Allantoma kuhlmannii (Ducke) S.A.Mori - Rondônia State in Brazil
  4. Allantoma lineata (Mart. ex O.Berg) Miers - Amazonas State in Venezuela; Amazonas and Pará States in Brazil
  5. Allantoma pachyantha (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
  6. Allantoma pauciramosa (W.A.Rodrigues) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
  7. Allantoma pluriflora S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Colombia
  8. Allantoma uaupensis (Spruce ex O.Berg) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Sprague, J. Bot. 70: 231 (1932)
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Allantoma Miers
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ 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


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