Pradosia Explained

Pradosia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1872.^{[1] [2]}

Most of the species of Pradosia are native to Central and South America, but a few occur in Trinidad and in tropical Africa.^[3]

Species^[3]

1. †Pradosia argentea (Kunth) T.D.Penn. – Peru
2. Pradosia atroviolacea Ducke – Costa Rica to Acre
3. Pradosia beardii (Monach.) T.D.Penn. – Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana
4. Pradosia brevipes (Pierre) T.D.Penn. – Brazil, Paraguay
5. Pradosia caracasana (Pittier) T.D.Penn – Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia
6. Pradosia cochlearia (Lecomte) T.D.Penn. – French Guiana, N Brazil
7. Pradosia colombiana (Standl.) T.D.Penn. ex T.J.Ayers & Boufford – Venezuela, Colombia
8. Pradosia cuatrecasasii (Aubrév.) T.D.Penn. – Colombia
9. Pradosia decipiens Ducke – Amazonas
10. †Pradosia glaziovii (Pierre) T.D.Penn. – Rio de Janeiro
11. Pradosia granulosa Pires & T.D.Penn. – Pará, Maranhão
12. Pradosia grisebachii (Pierre) T.D.Penn. – Trinidad, Venezuela
13. Pradosia huberi (Ducke) Ducke – French Guiana, Pará
14. Pradosia kuhlmannii Toledo – Rio de Janeiro
15. Pradosia lactescens (Vell.) Radlk. – Brazil
16. Pradosia lahoziana Terra-Araujo – Amazonas
17. Pradosia longipedicellata Alves-Araújo & M.Alves – Bahia
18. Pradosia montana T.D.Penn. – Ecuador
19. †Pradosia mutisii Cronquist – Colombia, Ecuador
20. Pradosia ptychandra (Eyma) T.D.Penn. – Suriname, French Guiana
21. Pradosia schomburgkiana (A.DC.) Cronquist – Northern South America
22. Pradosia spinosa Ewango & Breteler – Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
23. Pradosia subverticillata Ducke – Amazonas, Pará
24. Pradosia surinamensis (Eyma) T.D.Penn. – Venezuela, Guianas, Northern Brazil
25. Pradosia verrucosa Ducke – Pernambuco
26. Pradosia verticillata Ducke – Amazonas, French Guiana

Notes and References

1. Liais, Emmanuel. 1872. Climats Geologies, Faune et Geographie Botanique du Bresil 614
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40015654 Tropicos, Pradosia Liais
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=164543 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families