Hedyosmum


Hedyosmum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chloranthaceae. There are about 40 to 45 species. They are distributed in Central and South America and the West Indies, and one species also occurs in southeastern Asia. They are mostly dioecious, except for H. nutans and H. brenesii which are exclusively monoecious, and H. scaberrimum and H. costaricense with both monoecious and dioecious individuals.

Species

There are 45 accepted species:Hedyosmum angustifolium – southwestern Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and BoliviaHedyosmum anisodorum – Ecuador and PeruHedyosmum arborescens – Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, and Windward IslandsHedyosmum bonplandianumHonduras to Colombia and EcuadorHedyosmum brasiliense – Venezuela, Brazil, and ParaguayHedyosmum brenesiiCentral AmericaHedyosmum burgerianumPanamaHedyosmum colombianum – ColombiaHedyosmum correanum – PanamaHedyosmum costaricenseCosta Rica and PanamaHedyosmum crenatum – Colombia and VenezuelaHedyosmum cuatrecazanum – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and BoliviaHedyosmum cumbalense – Colombia, Ecuador, and PeruHedyosmum dombeyanum – Peru and BoliviaHedyosmum domingense – HispaniolaHedyosmum gentryi – Panama, Colombia, and VenezuelaHedyosmum goudotianum – Nicaragua to Venezuela and PeruHedyosmum huascari – PeruHedyosmum intermedium – southern VenezuelaHedyosmum lechleri – Peru and western BoliviaHedyosmum luteynii – Colombia and EcuadorHedyosmum maximum – BoliviaHedyosmum mexicanum – Mexico to northwestern ColombiaHedyosmum narinoense – Colombia and EcuadorHedyosmum neblinae – Venezuela and northern BrazilHedyosmum nutans – Cuba, Hispaniola, and JamaicaHedyosmum orientaleSouthern China, Vietnam, Borneo, Sulawesi, and SumatraHedyosmum parvifolium – Colombia and northwestern VenezuelaHedyosmum peruvianum – PeruHedyosmum pseudoandromeda – VenezuelaHedyosmum pungens – ColombiaHedyosmum purpurascens – EcuadorHedyosmum racemosum – northern South AmericaHedyosmum scaberrimum – Nicaragua to Colombia and EcuadorHedyosmum scabrum – southern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and BoliviaHedyosmum spectabile – Ecuador and PeruHedyosmum sprucei – southern Colombia, Ecuador, and PeruHedyosmum steinii – ColombiaHedyosmum strigosum – ColombiaHedyosmum subintegrum – CubaHedyosmum tepuiense – southern Venezuela and western GuyanaHedyosmum translucidum – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and northwestern VenezuelaHedyosmum uniflorum – Ecuador