Chomelia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Guettardeae
Genus: Chomelia
Species: C. albicaulis – C. anisomeris – C. anisophylla – C. apodantha – C. bahiae – C. barbata – C. barbinervis – C. bella – C. brachypoda – C. brasiliana – C. breedlovei – C. brevicornu – C. caurensis – C. chiquitensis – C. costaricensis – C. crassifolia – C. delascioi – C. ecuadorensis – C. estrellana – C. fasciculata – C. glabricalyx – C. glabriuscula – C. gracilis – C. grandicarpa – C. grandifolia – C. hirsuta – C. intercedens – C. juruensis – C. kirkbridei – C. klugii – C. laxiflora – C. longiflora – C. longituba – C. malaneoides – C. microloba – C. minutiflora – C. modesta – C. monachinoi – C. monantha – C. myrtifolia – C. obtusa – C. occidentalis – C. oligantha – C. paniculata – C. parviflora – C. parvifolia – C. pedunculosa – C. pohliana – C. polyantha – C. pringlei – C. psilocarpa – C. pubescens – C. ramiae – C. randioides – C. rauwolfioides – C. recordii – C. ribesioides – C. rubra – C. rudis – C. schomburgkii – C. sericea – C. sessilis – C. spinosa – C. splitgerberi – C. stergiosii – C. tenuiflora – C. torrana – C. transiens – C. triantha – C. triflora – C. tristis – C. ulei – C. venezuelensis – C. venulosa – C. volubilis – C. vulpina

Name

Chomelia Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 1: 12. (1760), nom. cons. non Chomelia L., (1758) vide Tarenna Gaertn., (1788) nom. rej. nec Vell., (1829) =Ilex L., (1753)

Type species: Chomelia spinosa Jacq.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Anisomeris C.Presl, Symb. Bot. 2: 5 (1833).
Caruelina Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 277 (1891).

References

Jacquin, N.J. von 1760. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 1, 12. 1:12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Chomelia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Chomelia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 5 2019.
Skog, L.E. 1976. (405) Chomelia Jacq. versus Chomelia Linn., a Proposal for Conservation. Taxon 25(1)205-206. DOI: 10.2307/1220462.
Tropicos.org 2019. Chomelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 5.

Chomelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and much of South America as far south as Argentina.[2]
Species

Chomelia albicaulis (Rusby) Steyerm. - Bolivia
Chomelia anisomeris Müll.Arg. - eastern Brazil
Chomelia apodantha (Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolivia
Chomelia bahiae J.H.Kirkbr. - Bahia
Chomelia barbata Standl. - Mexico
Chomelia barbinervis Moric. ex Benth. - northern and southeastern Brazil
Chomelia bella (Standl.) Steyerm. - southeastern Brazil
Chomelia boliviana Standl. - Bolivia
Chomelia brachypoda Donn.Sm. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
Chomelia brasiliana A.Rich. - Brazil
Chomelia breedlovei Borhidi - Chiapas
Chomelia brevicornu Rusby - Bolivia, Peru
Chomelia caurensis (Standl.) Steyerm. - Bolívar (state)
Chomelia chiquitensis C.M.Taylor - Santa Cruz
Chomelia costaricensis C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica
Chomelia crassifolia Borhidi - Oaxaca, Tabasco
Chomelia delascioi Steyerm. - Bolívar
Chomelia dimorpha Rusby - Bolivia
Chomelia ecuadorensis (K.Schum. & K.Krause) Steyerm. - Colombia, Ecuador
Chomelia estrellana Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
Chomelia fasciculata (Sw.) Sw. - western Cuba, Jamaica, Windward Islands
Chomelia glabricalyx Steyerm. - Bolívar
Chomelia glabriuscula Steyerm. - Venezuela, French Guiana
Chomelia gracilis K.Schum. ex Glaziou - southeastern Brazil
Chomelia grandicarpa Dwyer - Panama
Chomelia grandifolia (Huber) Steyerm. - northern and southeastern Brazil
Chomelia hirsuta Gardner - northern and southeastern Brazil
Chomelia intercedens Müll.Arg. - Brazil
Chomelia juruensis (Standl.) Steyerm. - northern Brazil
Chomelia kirkbridei Delprete - Federal District, 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. - southeastern Sao Paulo
Chomelia monachinoi Steyerm. - Venezuela
Chomelia monantha (Standl. ex Steyerm.) Steyerm. - Rio de Janeiro
Chomelia multiflora Rusby - Bolivia, Guyana
Chomelia myrtifolia S.Moore - Mato Grosso
Chomelia obtusa Cham. & Schltdl. - Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Chomelia occidentalis Müll.Arg. - west-central Brazil
Chomelia oligantha Müll.Arg. - eastern Brazil
Chomelia paniculata (Bartl. ex 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, northwestern 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 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
Chomelia tenuiflora Benth. - Costa Rica to tropical South America
Chomelia torrana C.M.Taylor - Chocó
Chomelia transiens Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
Chomelia triantha Standl. - Boyacá
Chomelia triflora (J.H.Kirkbr.) Delprete & Achille - French Guiana
Chomelia tristis Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
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

References

Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 1, 12.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Chomelia