Chromolucuma is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described in 1925.Ducke, Walter Adolpho. 1925. Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 4: 160-161 descriptions in Latin, commentary in FrenchTropicos, Chromolucuma DuckeGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The genus is native to Central and South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 52: 1–771.
Species Nine species are accepted. Chromolucuma apiculata Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Brazil (Bahia) Chromolucuma baehniana Monach – Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana Chromolucuma brevipedicellata – Brazil (Amazonas) Chromolucuma cespedesiiformis – Costa Rica Chromolucuma congestifolia (Pilz) Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Panama, Costa Rica Chromolucuma flavilatex – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas) Chromolucuma rubriflora Ducke – Colombia (Antioquia), S Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima, Pará) Chromolucuma stipulifera – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amazonas) Chromolucuma williamii – Colombia (Amazonas), northern Brazil (Amazonas), and French Guiana
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