Micropholis

Genus of flowering plants

For the prehistoric amphibian, see Micropholis (amphibian). For the brittle star genus now renamed Microphiopholis, see Amphiuridae.

Micropholis

Micropholis crassipedicellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Ericales
Family:  | Sapotaceae
Subfamily:  | Chrysophylloideae
Genus:  | Micropholis
(Griseb.) Pierre
Synonyms[1][2]

* Sapota section Micropholis Griseb.
* Pouteria section Micropholis (Griseb.) Baehni
* Crepinodendron Pierre
* Meioluma Baill.
* Paramicropholis Aubrév. & Pellegr.
* Platyluma Baill.
* Sprucella Pierre 1890, illegitimate homonym, not Steph. 1886 (Lepidoziaceae)
* Stephanoluma Baill.

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.[2] 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[2]

1. Micropholis acutangula \- French Guiana, Amapá
2. Micropholis brochidodroma \- Ecuador, N Peru
3. Micropholis casiquiarensis \- Guyana, Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)
4. Micropholis caudata \- Brazil (Amazonas)
5. Micropholis cayennensis \- French Guiana, Amapá
6. Micropholis compta \- E Brazil
7. Micropholis crassipedicellata \- E + S Brazil
8. Micropholis crotonoides \- Costa Rica, Panama, St. Lucia, NW South America
9. Micropholis cylindrocarpa \- Brazil (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto)
10. Micropholis egensis \- Panama, N South America
11. Micropholis emarginata \- Bahia
12. Micropholis garciniifolia \- Puerto Rico
13. Micropholis gardneriana \- Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
14. Micropholis gnaphaloclados \- Brazil, Bolivia
15. Micropholis grandiflora \- Brazil (Amazonas)
16. Micropholis guyanensis \- Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies, tropSouth America
17. Micropholis humboldtiana \- Venezuela, Brazil
18. Micropholis longipedicellata \- French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Amapá
19. Micropholis macrophylla \- Peru (Loreto)
20. Micropholis madeirensis \- Brazil (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto)
21. Micropholis maguirei \- Venezuela, Brazil
22. Micropholis melinoniana \- S Mexico, Central America, NW South America
23. Micropholis mensalis \- French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
24. Micropholis obscura \- French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
25. Micropholis polita \- Cuba, Haiti
26. Micropholis porphyrocarpa \- French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
27. Micropholis resinifera \- Brazil (Amazonas)
28. Micropholis retusa \- Brazil (Amazonas)
29. Micropholis rugosa \- Jamaica
30. Micropholis sanctae-rosae \- French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
31. Micropholis spectabilis \- Bolívar
32. Micropholis splendens \- Venezuela, Brazil
33. Micropholis submarginalis \- Brazil (Amazonas)
34. Micropholis suborbicularis \- Venezuela
35. Micropholis trunciflora \- Peru, N Brazil
36. Micropholis venamoensis \- Bolívar
37. Micropholis venulosa \- Central \+ South America
38. Micropholis williamii \- Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)

## References

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1. ^ a b Tropicos, Micropholis (Griseb.) Pierre
2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. ^ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1891. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 2: 37–38
4. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers

Micropholis|

* Wikidata: Q2709804
* Wikispecies: Micropholis (Sapotaceae)
* APDB: 192626
* CoL: 8VSCP
* EoL: 107760
* GBIF: 2887381
* GRIN: 7593
* iNaturalist: 185777
* IPNI: 36798-1
* IRMNG: 1378609
* ITIS: 23840
* NCBI: 233709
* Open Tree of Life: 603198
* PLANTS: MICRO4
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36798-1
* Tropicos: 40019205
* WFO: wfo-4000024173

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