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Chaetocarpus

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Chaetocarpus
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Chaetocarpus is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854.[2][3] Chaetocarpus species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa,[4] and Asia.[5][1] Some species are endangered.[6]

Species[1]
  1. Chaetocarpus acutifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Borhidi – Sierra de Moa in Cuba
  2. Chaetocarpus africanus Pax – C Africa
  3. Chaetocarpus castanocarpus (Roxb.) Thwaites – SE Asia, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
  4. Chaetocarpus cordifolius (Urb.) Borhidi – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
  5. Chaetocarpus coriaceus Thwaites – Sri Lanka
  6. Chaetocarpus cubensis Fawc. & Rendle – Cuba
  7. Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke – Bolivia, Brazil
  8. Chaetocarpus ferrugineus Philcox – Sri Lanka
  9. Chaetocarpus gabonensis Breteler – Gabon
  10. Chaetocarpus globosus (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle – Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Rep.
  11. Chaetocarpus myrsinites Baill. – Bolivia, Brazil
  12. Chaetocarpus parvifolius Borhidi – Cuba
  13. Chaetocarpus pearcei Rusby – Bolivia
  14. Chaetocarpus pubescens (Thwaites) Hook.f. – Sri Lanka
  15. Chaetocarpus rabaraba Capuron – Madagascar
  16. Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm. – Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas, NW Brazil
member of homonymic genus, synonym of Pouteria

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Chaetocarpus pouteria J.F.Gmel, synonym of Pouteria guianensis Aubl. (Sapotaceae)

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