What is "calycolpus"

Calycolpus is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1856. It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies.

The species formerly called Calycolpus excisus is a small tree known only from the limestone mountains of eastern Cuba, now known as Eugenia excisa. It is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species.1

1. Calycolpus aequatorialis Landrum - Sucumbíos
2. Calycolpus alternifolius (Gleason) Landrum - S Venezuela
3. Calycolpus andersonii Landrum - Pará
4. Calycolpus australis Landrum - Minas Gerais
5. Calycolpus bolivarensis Landrum - Bolívar State
6. Calycolpus calophyllus (Kunth) O.Berg - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil
7. Calycolpus cochleatus McVaugh - Bolívar State, Guyana
8. Calycolpus goetheanus (Mart. ex DC.) O.Berg - Trinidad, N South America
9. Calycolpus legrandii Mattos - Alagoas, Bahia
10. Calycolpus moritzianus (O.Berg) Burret - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
11. Calycolpus revolutus (Schauer) O.Berg - Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana
12. Calycolpus roraimensis Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana, Rondônia, Peru
13. Calycolpus sessiliflorus Landrum - Bahia
14. Calycolpus surinamensis McVaugh - Guyana, Suriname, Pará
15. Calycolpus warscewiczianus O.Berg - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua