Calycogonium

Calycogonium (common name, angleflower) is a polyphyletic genus of about forty species in the family Melastomataceae, native to the Caribbean, particularly Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba.[1] The genus is a member of a clade characterized by calyptra on flower buds, few hairs, and the presence of mite domatia on the underside of the leaves.[1]

Calycogonium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Calycogonium
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Species

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Species
  • Calycogonium bairdianum[1]
  • Calycogonium bissei[2]
  • Calycogonium calycopteris
  • Calycogonium glabratum
  • Calycogonium impressum
  • Calycogonium pseudofloribundum[3]
  • Calycogonium rhamnoideum
  • Calycogonium rhomboideum
  • Calycogonium torbecianum

References
  1. Skean, James; Judd, W.; Clase, T.; Peguero, B. (2010). "Calycogonium bairdianum (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a new species from the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic". Brittonia. 62 (3): 210–214. doi:10.1007/s12228-010-9128-2.
  2. Bécquer Granados, Eldis (2010). "Calycogonium bissei, a new melastome (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) from Cuba". Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. 2 (4): 281–284.
  3. Bécquer Granados, Eldis (2011). "Calycogonium pseudofloribundum, a new species of Melastomataceae, Miconieae, from eastern Cuba". Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. 2 (4): 289–294.


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