Comocladia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Anacardiaceae
Subfamilia: Anacardioideae
Genus: Comocladia
Species: C. cordata – C. cuneata – C. dentata – C. dodonaea – C. domingensis – C. ehrenbergii – C. ekmaniana – C. gilgiana – C. glabra – C. gracilis – C. grandidentata – C. guatemalensis – C. hollickii – C. intermedia – C. jamaicensis – C. macrophylla – C. mayana – C. mollifolia – C. mollissima – C. palmeri – C. parvifolia – C. pinnatifolia – C. platyphylla – C. pubescens – C. repanda – C. undulata – C. velutina
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Comocladia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07. Reference page.

Name

Comocladia P.Browne

Type species: Comocladia pinnatifolia L.

References

Browne, P., The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 124. 1756.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Comocladia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Comocladia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 07 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Comocladia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07.
Tropicos.org 2018. Comocladia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Comocladia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Comocladia is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to the Americas, where it is distributed in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.[1] Species are known commonly as maidenplums.[2] The term guao is commonly used to refer to Comocladia species in Cuba and the Dominican Republic.[3]

These are shrubs and trees, mostly unbranched. The leaves are divided into opposite pairs of leaflets that usually have toothed or spiny edges. The inflorescences are panicles of flowers growing from the leaf axils. The plants are polygamodioecious, producing male, female, and bisexual flowers. The sepals are red and the corollas are red or purple. The fruit is a drupe covered in the remnants of the flower calyx. It is fleshy with a yellow, red, or black skin.[1]

The plants produce an exudate that turns black on contact with air. It is known for causing contact dermatitis.[1] Of the 26 species in the genus,[4] 17 have been noted to cause dermatitis.[5]
Taxonomy
Species

Species include:[4]

Comocladia cordata
Comocladia cuneata – wedgeleaf maidenplum
Comocladia dentata – toothed maidenplum, guao (Cuba, Dominican Republic)[3]
Comocladia dodonaea – poison ash, hogwood (Barbuda), Christmas tree (St. Croix), thumbtack (Tortola), brésillet (Haiti), carrasco (Puerto Rico), guao (Dominican Republic)[3]
Comocladia domingensis
Comocladia ebrenbergii
Comocladia ekmaniana
Comocladia gilgiana
Comocladia glabra – guao (Cuba), carrasco (Puerto Rico), chicharrón (Dominican Republic)[3]
Comocladia gracilis
Comocladia grandidentata
Comocladia guatemalensis
Comocladia hollickii
Comocladia intermedia
Comocladia jamaicensis
Comocladia macrophylla
Comocladia mollifolia
Comocladia mollissima
Comocladia palmeri
Comocladia parvifolia
Comocladia pinnatifolia – guao (Dominican Republic), sibliye (Haiti), maiden plum (Jamaica)[3]
Comocladia platyphylla
Comocladia pubescens
Comocladia repanda
Comocladia undulata
Comocladia velutina – velvet-leaved maiden plum (Jamaica)[3]

References

Atha, D. E., et al. (2011). A new species of Comocladia (Anacardiaceae) from Belize and Guatemala. Brittonia 63(3), 370-74.
Comocladia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Grandtner, M. M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1: North America. Elsevier. pp. 243–244. ISBN 9780080460185.
"Comocladia — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
Sasseville, D., et al. (2009). Dermatitis from plants of the new world. European Journal of Dermatology 19(5) 423-30.