Allantoma Explained

Allantoma is a genus of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1874.^{[1] [2]} It is native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, northern Brazil.^{[3] [4]}

Species^[3]

1. Allantoma decandra (Ducke) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Peru, Brazil
2. Allantoma integrifolia (Ducke) S.A.Mori - Amazonas State in Brazil
3. Allantoma kuhlmannii (Ducke) S.A.Mori - Rondônia State in Brazil
4. Allantoma lineata (Mart. ex O.Berg) Miers - Amazonas State in Venezuela; Amazonas and Pará States in Brazil
5. Allantoma pachyantha (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
6. Allantoma pauciramosa (W.A.Rodrigues) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
7. Allantoma pluriflora S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Colombia
8. Allantoma uaupensis (Spruce ex O.Berg) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27557992#page/207/mode/1up Miers, John. 1874. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 30: 170-171, 291-298
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010025 Tropicos, Allantoma Miers
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=313367 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Book: Prance . G.T. . Mori . S.A. . Lecythidaceae: The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma & Cariniana) . Organization for Flora Neotropica . Flora Neotropica Monographs . 1979 . 978-0-89327-193-0 . 2024-09-23 .