A NOMENCLATOR OF MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN RUBIACEAE 



Chomelia Jacq., Enum. PL Carib. 12. 1760. 

 Type: Chomelia spinosa Jacq. 



Chomelia atlantica Dwyer, Ann. Missouri Bot. 

 Gard. 67: 96. 1980. Type: PANAMA: Colon, 

 swamp forest and bordering terra firma, ca. 

 0.5 km from the Rio Buenaventura, near 

 Portobelo, 30 Jan 1973, H. Kennedy & S. Gra 

 2242 (Holotype MO 2161971 (photo PTBG); 

 Isotype MO)).— Chomelia barbellata Standi. 



Chomelia barbata Standi., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 

 13: 7. 1923. Type: MEXICO: Oaxaca, 

 Juquila, vicinity of Chacahua, 5 m, 17 Dec 

 1921, C. Conzatti 4475 (Holotype US 

 1110841 (photo US)). 



Chomelia barbellata Standi., Field Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(7): 120. 1936. Type: 

 PERU: San Martin, Klug 3920 (Holotype F, 

 n.v.). 



Chomelia brachyloba Standi., Contr. U.S. Natl. 

 Herb. 18: 136. 1916. Type: PANAMA: 

 Panama, Sabana de San Juan Corso, near 

 Chepo, 60-80 m, Oct 191 1, H. Pittier 4673 

 (Holotype US 679833 (photo PTBG)). 

 — Chomelia spinosa Jacq. 



Chomelia brachypoda Donn. Sm., Bot. Gaz. 

 (Crawfordsville) 47: 255. 1909. Type: 

 GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz, Sasis, banks of 

 Rio Ogewaj, 900 m, May 1908, H. von 

 Tuerckheim II 2253 (Holotype US 941389 

 (photos PTBG, US); Isotypes F (photos 

 MEXU, PTBG), US (photo PTBG), W). 

 Anisomeris. 



Chomelia coclensis Dwyer, Ann. Missouri Bot. 

 Gard. 67: 97. 1980. Type: PANAMA: Code, 

 La Mesa above El Valle, 800 m, T. B. Croat 

 25396 (Holotype MO 2210285; Isotype MO 

 2219529).— Malanea colombiana Standi. 



Chomelia englesingii Standi., Trop. Woods 16: 

 45. 1928. Type: NICARAGUA: Region of 

 Braggman's Bluff, Kukalaya River bank west 

 of Camp 14, 2 Dec 1927, F. C Englesing 49 

 (Yale 1233) (Holotype F 572606 (photo 

 PTBG)). Anisomeris.— Chomelia recordii 

 Standi. 



Chomelia filipes Benth. in Oerst., Vidensk. 

 Meddel Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn 

 1852: 41. 1853. Type: NICARAGUA: 

 Granada, Oersted s.n. (Holotype presumably 



C, n.v. (photo US), fragment US (photo 

 PTBG)).— Chomelia spinosa Jacq. 



Chomelia grandicarpa Dwyer, Ann. Missouri 

 Bot. Gard. 67: 97. 1980. Type: PANAMA: 

 Colon, 2-3 miles up Rio Guanche, lowland 

 rain forest, 10-20 m, 19 Jan 1973, 

 H. Kennedy & R. Foster 2174 (Holotype MO. 

 2465399 (photo PTBG); Isotype MO). 



Chomelia leucophylla Dwyer, Ann. Missouri 

 Bot. Gard. 67: 98. 1980. Type: PANAMA: 

 Darien, slopes of Cerro Chucula, drainage of 

 Rio Pavarando, 11 Feb 1972, A. Gentry 4262 

 (Holotype MO; Isotype MO). Not Rondeletia 

 leucophylla Kunth, 1820.— Rondeletia 

 dwyeri Lorence 



Chomelia microloba Donn. Sm., Bot. Gaz. 

 (Crawfordsville) 31: 114. 1901. Type: 

 COSTA RICA: Santo Domingo de Golfo 

 Dulce, Feb 1896, A Tonduz 7048 (Herb. Nac. 

 Costa Rica 9874) (Holotype US 943460 

 (photo PTBG); Isotypes A, n.v., MO (photos 

 MEXU, PTBG), P (photos MEXU, PTBG), 

 US (3 sheets; photos PTBG)). Anisomeris. 

 panamensis (Standi.) Dwyer, Ann. 

 Missouri Bot. Gard. 67: 100. 1980. Antirhea 

 panamensis Standi., N. Amer. Fl. 32: 264. 

 1934. Type: PANAMA: San Bias District, 

 21-28 Apr 1933, G. P. Cooper 238 (Holotype 

 F 686345 (photo PTBG); Isotype F 709955). 

 — Chomelia microloba Donn. Sm. 



Chomelia peninsularis Dwyer, Ann. Missouri 

 Bot. Gard. 67: 101. 1980. Type: PANAMA: 

 Chiriqui, Burica Peninsula, along Quebrada 

 Punta de Piedra, 2 mi SE of Puerto Armuelles, 

 0-100 m, 1 Mar 1973, T. B. Croat 22440 

 (Holotype MO 2785727 (photo PTBG); 

 Isotype F). — Chomelia microloba Donn. Sm. 



Chomelia pringlei S. Watson, Proc. Amer. 

 Acad. Arts 26: 137. 1891. Type: MEXICO: 

 San Luis Potosi, Tamasopo Canyon, 6 Aug 

 1890, C. G. Pringle 3209 (Holotype GH, n.v.; 

 Isotypes A, n.v., F (photos MEXU, PTBG), 

 MO (photos MEXU, PTBG), P (photos 

 MEXU, PTBG), US). Anisomeris. 



Chomelia protracta (Bartl. ex DC.) Standi., 

 Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1384. 1926. 

 Guettarda protracta Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 

 457. 1830. Type: MEXICO: Without precise 



