Calycogonium
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Calycogonium DC |
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Calycogonium (common name, angleflower) is a polyphyletic genus of about forty species in the family Melastomataceae, native to the Caribbean, particularly Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba.[1] The genus is a member of a clade characterized by calyptra on flower buds, few hairs, and the presence of mite domatia on the underside of the leaves.[1]
Species
- Calycogonium bairdianum[1]
- Calycogonium bissei[2]
- Calycogonium calycopteris
- Calycogonium glabratum
- Calycogonium impressum
- Calycogonium pseudofloribundum[3]
- Calycogonium rhamnoideum
- Calycogonium rhomboideum
- Calycogonium torbecianum
References
- ^ a b c Skean, James; Judd, W.; Clase, T.; Peguero, B. (2010). "Calycogonium bairdianum (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a new species from the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic". Brittonia. 62 (3): 210–214. doi:10.1007/s12228-010-9128-2.
- ^ Bécquer Granados, Eldis (2010). "Calycogonium bissei, a new melastome (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) from Cuba". Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. 2 (4): 281–284.
- ^ Bécquer Granados, Eldis (2011). "Calycogonium pseudofloribundum, a new species of Melastomataceae, Miconieae, from eastern Cuba". Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. 2 (4): 289–294.
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