Micropholis
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Genus of flowering plants
For the prehistoric amphibian, see Micropholis (amphibian). For the brittle star genus now renamed Microphiopholis, see Amphiuridae.
| Micropholis | |
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| Micropholis crassipedicellata | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysophylloideae |
| Genus: | Micropholis (Griseb.) Pierre |
| Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Micropholis is genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae , described in 1891.[3] [1] [4]
These trees are native to tropical South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies.[5] Most are locally known as "cafetos", literally meaning "coffee plants". But while both Micropholis and the coffeeplant genus Coffea are asterids, the present genus is part of the Ericales – a quite basal asterid lineage –, while Coffea belongs to the more advanced Gentianales.
They are valued for their wood, which is used as timber, for construction and as firewood; many species are threatened by overexploitation and habitat destruction. Also, they are often used as part of catuaba, a decoction from various tree's bark claimed to have aphrodisiac and stimulant properties.
Caimitillo verde (M. garciniifolia) is an important food source of the nearly-extinct Puerto Rican amazon bird (Amazona vittata).
Species
[edit ]41 species are accepted.[2]
- Micropholis acutangula (Ducke) Eyma – French Guiana, Amapá
- Micropholis brochidodroma T.D.Penn. – Ecuador, N Peru
- Micropholis casiquiarensis Aubrév. – Guyana, Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)
- Micropholis caudata T.D.Penn. – Brazil (Amazonas)
- Micropholis cayennensis T.D.Penn. – French Guiana, Amapá
- Micropholis compta Pierre – eastern Brazil
- Micropholis crassipedicellata (Mart. & Eichler) Pierre – eastern and southern Brazil
- Micropholis crotonoides (Pierre) Pierre – Costa Rica, Panama, St. Lucia, NW South America
- Micropholis cylindrocarpa (Poepp.) Pierre – Brazil (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto)
- Micropholis egensis (A.DC.) Pierre – Panama, N South America
- Micropholis emarginata T.D.Penn. – Bahia
- Micropholis garciniifolia Pierre – Puerto Rico
- Micropholis gardneriana (A.DC.) Pierre – Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
- Micropholis gnaphaloclados (Mart.) Pierre – Brazil, Bolivia
- Micropholis grandiflora Aubrév. – Brazil (Amazonas)
- Micropholis guyanensis (A.DC.) Pierre – Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies, tropSouth America
- Micropholis humboldtiana (Roem. & Schult.) T.D.Penn. – Venezuela, Brazil
- Micropholis laevigata (Mart.) Swenson & A.D.Faria – Costa Rica to Peru and northern Brazil
- Micropholis longipedicellata Aubrév. – French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Amapá
- Micropholis macrophylla (K.Krause) T.D.Penn. – Peru (Loreto)
- Micropholis madeirensis (Baehni) Aubrév. – Brazil (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto)
- Micropholis maguirei Aubrév. – Venezuela, Brazil
- Micropholis maxima (T.D.Penn.) Swenson & A.D.Faria – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
- Micropholis melinoniana Pierre – S Mexico, Central America, NW South America
- Micropholis mensalis (Baehni) Aubrév. – French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
- Micropholis obscura T.D.Penn. – French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
- Micropholis oppositifolia (Ducke) Swenson – northern Brazil (Pará and Amapá)
- Micropholis polita (Griseb.) Pierre – Cuba, Haiti
- Micropholis porphyrocarpa (Baehni) Monach. – French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
- Micropholis resinifera (Ducke) Eyma – Brazil (Amazonas)
- Micropholis retusa (Spruce ex Miq.) Eyma – Brazil (Amazonas)
- Micropholis rugosa (Sw.) Pierre – Jamaica
- Micropholis sanctae-rosae (Baehni) T.D.Penn. – French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
- Micropholis spectabilis (Steyerm.) T.D.Penn. – Bolívar
- Micropholis splendens Gilly ex Aubrév. – Venezuela, Brazil
- Micropholis submarginalis Pires & T.D.Penn. – Brazil (Amazonas)
- Micropholis suborbicularis Aubrév. – Venezuela
- Micropholis trunciflora Ducke – Peru and northern Brazil
- Micropholis venamoensis Ducke – Bolívar
- Micropholis venulosa (Mart. & Eichler) Pierre – Central + South America
- Micropholis williamii Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Tropicos, Micropholis (Griseb.) Pierre
- ^ a b "Micropholis (Griseb.) Pierre". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1891. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 2: 37–38
- ^ Govaerts, R.; Harvey, Y.; Jessup, L.; Pennington, T.D. & Vink, W. (2001): World Checklist of Sapotaceae – Micropholis. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-DEC-24.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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