Hieronyma
| Hieronyma | |
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| Hieronyma macrocarpa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Antidesmatoideae
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| Tribe: | Antidesmateae |
| Subtribe: | Hieronyminae |
| Genus: | Hieronyma Allemão 1848 not Walp. 1853
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| Type species | |
Allemão
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Hieronyma is a
dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]
The spelling Hieronyma has been
conserved; the spellings Hieronima and Hyeronima are spelling variants
of this name.
Hieronyma is used locally as a foodplant,[verification needed] e.g. by the Nukak of Guaviare Department in the Amazon natural region of Colombia. Several species are threatened by deforestation.
- Species[2]
- Hieronyma alchorneoides - S Mexico, C America, S America, W Indies
- Hieronyma antioquensis - Colombia
- Hieronyma asperifolia - Ecuador, Colombia
- Hieronyma clusioides - Cuba, Puerto Rico
- Hieronyma crassistipula - Isla de la Juventud
- Hieronyma cubana - Cuba
- Hieronyma domingensis - Hispaniola
- Hieronyma duquei - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
- Hieronyma fendleri - S Mexico, C America, NW + W S America
- Hieronyma havanensis - Cuba
- Hieronyma huilensis - - Colombia, NW Venezuela
- Hieronyma jamaicensis - Jamaica
- Hieronyma macrocarpa - from Venezuela to Peru
- Hieronyma montana - Dominican Rep
- Hieronyma nipensis - E Cuba
- Hieronyma oblonga - S Mexico, C America, S America
- Hieronyma ovata - E Cuba
- Hieronyma paucinervis - E Cuba
- Hieronyma reticulata - Bolivia
- Hieronyma rufa - Colombia
- Hieronyma scabrida - Ecuador, Colombia
References
- ^ a b Tropicos, Hieronyma Allemão
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Allemão e Cysneiro, Francisco Freire. 1848. Hieronima alchorneoides (Typographis do Archivo medico brasileiro).
- JSTOR 20443245.