Chytroma
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
| Genus: | Chytroma Miers |
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Chytroma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae. It includes 19 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Costa Rica to northern and eastern Brazil.
The genus was first described in 1874 by John Miers.[1] It was later considered a synonym of Lecythis. A phylogenetic study published in 2024 by Vargas et al. concluded that Lecythis was polyphyletic, and the authors placed the Poiteau and Chartacea sections of Lecythis in the revived Chytroma.[2]
Species
[edit]19 species are accepted.[1]
- Chytroma alutacea (A.C.Sm.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma barnebyi (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma brancoensis R.Knuth
- Chytroma chartacea (O.Berg) Miers
- Chytroma congestiflora (Benoist) R.Knuth
- Chytroma gracieana (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma holcogyne (Sandwith) R.Knuth
- Chytroma ibiriba Miers
- Chytroma lurida (Miers) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma mesophylla (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma parvifructa (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma poiteaui (O.Berg) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma prancei (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma retusa (Spruce ex O.Berg) Miers
- Chytroma schomburgkii (O.Berg) Miers
- Chytroma schwackei (R.Knuth) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma serrata (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Chytroma simiorum (Benoist) R.Knuth
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Chytroma Miers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Oscar M. Vargas, Drew A. Larson, Juvenal Batista, Xavier Cornejo, Bruno Garcia Luize, Diana Medellín-Zabala, Michel Ribeiro, Nathan P. Smith, Stephen A. Smith, Alberto Vicentini, and Christopher W. Dick "Reclassification of the Bertholletia Clade of the Brazil Nut Family (Lecythidaceae) Based on a Phylogenetic Analysis of Plastome and Target Sequence Capture Data," Harvard Papers in Botany 29(1), 159-179, (30 June 2024). https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v29iss1.2024.n18
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