Genus Calycophyllum (Noun)
Meaning
Medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Calycophyllum candidissimum, also known as genus Calycophyllum, is a tropical American tree that belongs to the family Rubiaceae.
- In some classifications, genus Calycophyllum has two accepted species.
- A popular garden and timber tree is Calycophyllum spruceanum of genus Calycophyllum, medium-sized and buttressed with orange flaking bark.
- Members of genus Calycophyllum include evergreen, terrestrial plants in humid subtropical regions with overcast low mountain tropical and medium-altitude evergreen.
- Among species that dominate mature tree associations of central amazon is the yellow Pouso dos Mururés, belonging to genus Calycophyllum, or Cuphea.