Chomelia

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]

Chomelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Cinchonoideae
Tribe:	Guettardeae
Genus:	Chomelia Jacq.
Type species
Chomelia spinosa Jacq.
Synonyms
Anisomeris C.Presl Caruelina Kuntze

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

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

External links

• Chomelia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae