Pradosia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1872.Liais, Emmanuel. 1872. Climats Geologies, Faune et Geographie Botanique du Bresil 614Tropicos, Pradosia Liais
Most of the species of Pradosia are native to Central and South America, but a few occur in Trinidad and in tropical Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Species 26 species are accepted. Pradosia argentea (Kunth) T.D.Penn. – Peru Pradosia beardii (Monach.) T.D.Penn. – Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana Pradosia brevipes (Pierre) T.D.Penn. – Brazil, Paraguay Pradosia caracasana (Pittier) T.D.Penn – Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia Pradosia cochlearia (Lecomte) T.D.Penn. – French Guiana, N Brazil Pradosia colombiana (Standl.) T.D.Penn. ex T.J.Ayers & Boufford – Venezuela, Colombia Pradosia cuatrecasasii (Aubrév.) T.D.Penn. – Colombia Pradosia decipiens Ducke – Amazonas †Pradosia glaziovii (Pierre) T.D.Penn. (synonym Pradosia verrucosa Ducke) – Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro Pradosia golfodulcensis – Costa Rica Pradosia granulosa Pires & T.D.Penn. – Pará, Maranhão Pradosia grisebachii (Pierre) T.D.Penn. (synonym Pradosia atroviolacea Ducke) – Costa Rica to Trinidad, northern Brazil, and northern Peru Pradosia huberi (Ducke) Ducke – French Guiana, Pará Pradosia kuhlmannii Toledo – Rio de Janeiro Pradosia lactescens (Vell.) Radlk. – Brazil Pradosia lahoziana Terra-Araujo – Amazonas Pradosia longipedicellata Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Bahia Pradosia montana T.D.Penn. – Ecuador †Pradosia mutisii Cronquist – Colombia, Ecuador Pradosia ptychandra (Eyma) T.D.Penn. – Suriname, French Guiana Pradosia restingae – Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Pradosia schomburgkiana (A.DC.) Cronquist – Northern South America Pradosia spinosa Ewango & Breteler – Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo Pradosia subverticillata Ducke – Amazonas, Pará Pradosia surinamensis (Eyma) T.D.Penn. – Venezuela, Guianas, Northern Brazil Pradosia verticillata Ducke – Amazonas, French Guiana
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