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Calycolpus roraimensis (Calycolpus roraimensis)

Description

Calycolpus roraimensis is a myrtle plant species described by Julian Alfred Steyermark . Calycolpus roraimensis is part of the genus Calycolpus and the family myrtle plants . 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

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Tracheophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Calycolpus