Calycolpus

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
 * 1) Calycolpus aequatorialis Landrum - Sucumbíos
 * 2) Calycolpus alternifolius (Gleason) Landrum - S Venezuela
 * 3) Calycolpus andersonii Landrum - Pará
 * 4) Calycolpus australis Landrum - Minas Gerais
 * 5) Calycolpus bolivarensis Landrum - Bolívar State
 * 6) Calycolpus calophyllus (Kunth) O.Berg - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil
 * 7) Calycolpus cochleatus McVaugh - Bolívar State, Guyana
 * 8) Calycolpus goetheanus (Mart. ex DC.) O.Berg - Trinidad, N South America
 * 9) Calycolpus legrandii Mattos - Alagoas, Bahia
 * 10) Calycolpus moritzianus (O.Berg) Burret - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
 * 11) Calycolpus revolutus (Schauer) O.Berg - Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana
 * 12) Calycolpus roraimensis Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana, Rondônia, Peru
 * 13) Calycolpus sessiliflorus Landrum - Bahia
 * 14) Calycolpus surinamensis McVaugh - Guyana, Suriname, Pará
 * 15) Calycolpus warscewiczianus O.Berg - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua