Allantoma

lassification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Allantoma
Species: A. decandra – A. integrifolia – A. kuhlmannii – A. lineata – A. pachyantha – A. pauciramosa – A. pluriflora – A. uaupensis
Name

Allantoma Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 291 (1874)

Type species: Allantoma lineata (Mart. ex O.Berg) Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 297 (1874). Designated as synonym Allantoma torulosa Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 293 (1874)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Goeldinia Huber, Bol. Mus. Paraense Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 3: 438 (1902)

References

Miers, J. 1874. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 30: 170, 291.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Allantoma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Jan. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Allantoma. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 11 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Allantoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Jan. 11.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Allantoma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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

Species[3]

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

References

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