Hieronyma

Hieronyma
Hieronyma macrocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Antidesmeae
Subtribe: Antidesminae
Genus: Hieronyma
Allemão 1848 not Walp. 1853
Type species
Hieronyma alchorneoides
Allemão
Synonyms[1][2]

Hieronyma is a genus belonging to the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1848.[3][1] This family was formerly united with spurges, crotons, copperleaves, etc. (Euphorbiaceae), but have turned out to be well distinct. The genus is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.[2]

The spelling Hieronyma has been conserved; the spellings Hieronima and Hyeronima are spelling variants of this name.

Hieronyma is used locally as a foodplant, e.g. by the Nukak of Guaviare Department in Amazonian Colombia. Several species are threatened by deforestation.

Species[2]
  1. Hieronyma alchorneoides - S Mexico, C America, S America, W Indies
  2. Hieronyma antioquensis - Colombia
  3. Hieronyma asperifolia - Ecuador, Colombia
  4. Hieronyma clusioides - Cuba, Puerto Rico
  5. Hieronyma crassistipula - Isla de la Juventud
  6. Hieronyma cubana - Cuba
  7. Hieronyma domingensis - Hispaniola
  8. Hieronyma duquei - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
  9. Hieronyma fendleri - S Mexico, C America, NW + W S America
  10. Hieronyma havanensis - Cuba
  11. Hieronyma huilensis - - Colombia, NW Venezuela
  12. Hieronyma jamaicensis - Jamaica
  13. Hieronyma macrocarpa - from Venezuela to Peru
  14. Hieronyma montana - Dominican Rep
  15. Hieronyma nipensis - E Cuba
  16. Hieronyma oblonga - S Mexico, C America, S America
  17. Hieronyma ovata - E Cuba
  18. Hieronyma paucinervis - E Cuba
  19. Hieronyma reticulata - Bolivia
  20. Hieronyma rufa - Colombia
  21. Hieronyma scabrida - Ecuador, Colombia

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Hieronyma Allemão
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Allemão e Cysneiro, Francisco Freire. 1848. Hieronima alchorneoides (Typographis do Archivo medico brasileiro) [1].


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