Genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family
Calycolpus is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae , first described as a genus in 1856. It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies.
The species formerly called Calycolpus excisus is a small tree known only from the limestone mountains of eastern Cuba, now known as Eugenia excisa . It is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species .
Species
Calycolpus aequatorialis Landrum – Sucumbíos
Calycolpus alternifolius (Gleason) Landrum – S Venezuela
Calycolpus andersonii Landrum – Pará
Calycolpus australis Landrum – Minas Gerais
Calycolpus bolivarensis Landrum – Bolívar State
Calycolpus calophyllus (Kunth) O.Berg – Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil
Calycolpus cochleatus McVaugh – Bolívar State , Guyana
Calycolpus goetheanus (Mart. ex DC.) O.Berg – Trinidad, N South America
Calycolpus legrandii Mattos – Alagoas , Bahia
Calycolpus moritzianus (O.Berg) Burret – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
Calycolpus revolutus (Schauer) O.Berg – Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana
Calycolpus roraimensis Steyerm. – Venezuela, Guyana, Rondônia , Peru
Calycolpus sessiliflorus Landrum – Bahia
Calycolpus surinamensis McVaugh – Guyana, Suriname, Pará
Calycolpus warscewiczianus O.Berg – Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua