Coccoloba

Coccoloba is a genus of 177 species of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae, which is native to the Neotropics.<ref name = powo/> There is no overall English name for the genus, although many of the individual species have widely used common names.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Range

The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, in South America, the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico, with two species extending into Florida.<ref name=fna>Flora of North America: Coccoloba</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan Template:ISBN.</ref>

Description

Coccoloba arborescens

The species are shrubs and trees, and lianas, mostly evergreen. The leaves are alternate, often large (to very large in some species; up to 2.5m (8 feet) long in C. gigantifolia),<ref>J.G. Rohwer, Tropical Plants of the World (New York: Sterling, 2002)</ref> with the leaves on juvenile plants often larger and of different shape to those of mature plants. The flowers are produced in spikes. The fruit is a three-angled achene, surrounded by an often brightly coloured fleshy perianth, edible in some species, though often astringent.<ref name=fna/><ref name=rhs/> Species in the genus have been characterized as dioecious,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> but this is unclear.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Trioecy has been documented in C. cereifera.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Species

177 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> Template:Div col

• Coccoloba acapulcensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba acrostichoides Template:Small
• Coccoloba acuminata Template:Small
• Coccoloba acuna Template:Small
• Coccoloba alainii Template:Small
• Coccoloba albicans Template:Small
• Coccoloba alnifolia Template:Small
• Coccoloba arborescens Template:Small
• Coccoloba argentinensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba armata Template:Small
• Coccoloba ascendens Template:Small
• Coccoloba baracoensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba barbadensis Template:Small – uvero
• Coccoloba barkeri Template:Small
• Coccoloba belizensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba benitensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba berazainiae Template:Small
• Coccoloba × boxii Template:Small
• Coccoloba brasiliensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba buchii Template:Small
• Coccoloba bullata Template:Small
• Coccoloba burkeae Template:Small
• Coccoloba caesia Template:Small
• Coccoloba caracasana Template:Small – papaturro
• Coccoloba caravellae Template:Small
• Coccoloba ceibensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba cereifera Template:Small
• Coccoloba charitostachya Template:Small
• Coccoloba chiapensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba cholutecensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba clementis Template:Small
• Coccoloba colombiana Template:Small
• Coccoloba conduplicata Template:Small
• Coccoloba cordata Template:Small
• Coccoloba coriacea Template:Small
• Coccoloba coronata Template:Small
• Coccoloba costata Template:Small – uvilla
• Coccoloba cowellii Template:Small
• Coccoloba cozumelensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba cristalensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba cruegeri Template:Small
• Coccoloba cujabensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba darienensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba declinata Template:Small
• Coccoloba densifrons Template:Small
• Coccoloba diversifolia Template:Small – pigeonplum
• Coccoloba dussii Template:Small
• Coccoloba efigeniana Template:Small
• Coccoloba escuintlensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba excelsa Template:Small
• Coccoloba fallax Template:Small
• Coccoloba fastigiata Template:Small
• Coccoloba fawcettii Template:Small
• Coccoloba filipes Template:Small
• Coccoloba flavescens Template:Small
• Coccoloba floresii Template:Small
• Coccoloba floribunda Template:Small
• Coccoloba fuertesii Template:Small
• Coccoloba gardneri Template:Small
• Coccoloba geniculata Template:Small
• Coccoloba gentryi Template:Small
• Coccoloba gigantifolia Template:Small (with human-sized leaves<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>)
• Coccoloba glaziovii Template:Small
• Coccoloba goldmanii Template:Small
• Coccoloba gracilis Template:Small
• Coccoloba grandiflora Template:Small
• Coccoloba guanacastensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba guaranitica Template:Small
• Coccoloba gymnorrhachis Template:Small
• Coccoloba hirtella Template:Small
• Coccoloba hondurensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba hotteana Template:Small
• Coccoloba howardii Template:Small
• Coccoloba humboldtii Template:Small
• Coccoloba × hybrida Template:Small
• Coccoloba ibarrae Template:Small
• Coccoloba incrassata Template:Small
• Coccoloba × jamaicensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba jimenezii Template:Small
• Coccoloba johnstonii Template:Small
• Coccoloba jurgensenii Template:Small
• Coccoloba krugii Template:Small – whitewood seagrape
• Coccoloba laevis Template:Small
• Coccoloba lanceolata Template:Small
• Coccoloba lapathifolia Template:Small
• Coccoloba lasseri Template:Small
• Coccoloba latifolia Template:Small
• Coccoloba lehmannii Template:Small
• Coccoloba leoganensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba leonardii Template:Small
• Coccoloba liebmannii Template:Small
• Coccoloba lindaviana Template:Small
• Coccoloba lindeniana Template:Small
• Coccoloba liportizii Template:Small
• Coccoloba llewelynii Template:Small
• Coccoloba longifolia Template:Small
• Coccoloba longipes Template:Small
• Coccoloba lucidula Template:Small
• Coccoloba × lundellii Template:Small
• Coccoloba manzinellensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba meissneriana Template:Small
• Coccoloba microphylla Template:Small
• Coccoloba microstachya Template:Small – puckhout
• Coccoloba mollis Template:Small
• Coccoloba montana Template:Small
• Coccoloba mosenii Template:Small
• Coccoloba munizii Template:Small
• Coccoloba najarroi Template:Small
• Coccoloba nervosa Template:Small
• Coccoloba nicaraguensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba nigrescens Template:Small
• Coccoloba nipensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba nitida Template:Small
• Coccoloba nodosa Template:Small
• Coccoloba northropiae Template:Small
• Coccoloba nutans Template:Small
• Coccoloba obovata Template:Small
• Coccoloba obtusifolia Template:Small
• Coccoloba ochreolata Template:Small
• Coccoloba oligantha Template:Small
• Coccoloba orinocana Template:Small
• Coccoloba ortizii Template:Small
• Coccoloba ovata Template:Small
• Coccoloba padiformis Template:Small
• Coccoloba pallida Template:Small – pale seagrape
• Coccoloba paraensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba paraguariensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba pauciflora Template:Small – uvilla cimarrona<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref>
• Coccoloba peltata Template:Small
• Coccoloba persicaria Template:Small
• Coccoloba peruviana Template:Small
• Coccoloba picardae Template:Small
• Coccoloba plantaginea Template:Small
• Coccoloba plumieri Template:Small
• Coccoloba porphyrostachys Template:Small
• Coccoloba portuguesana Template:Small
• Coccoloba praecox Template:Small
• Coccoloba proctorii Template:Small
• Coccoloba pubescens Template:Small – grandleaf seagrape
• Coccoloba pyrifolia Template:Small – uvera
• Coccoloba ramosissima Template:Small
• Coccoloba reflexa Template:Small
• Coccoloba reflexiflora Template:Small
• Coccoloba retirensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba retusa Template:Small
• Coccoloba rigida Template:Small
• Coccoloba rosea Template:Small
• Coccoloba rufescens Template:Small
• Coccoloba rugosa Template:Small – ortegon
• Coccoloba ruiziana Template:Small
• Coccoloba salicifolia Template:Small
• Coccoloba samanensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba savannarum Template:Small
• Coccoloba scandens Template:Small
• Coccoloba shaferi Template:Small
• Coccoloba sintenisii Template:Small – uvero de monte
• Coccoloba spicata Template:Small
• Coccoloba spinescens Template:Small
• Coccoloba steinbachii Template:Small
• Coccoloba sticticaulis Template:Small
• Coccoloba striata Template:Small
• Coccoloba subcordata Template:Small
• Coccoloba swartzii Template:Small – Swartz's pigeonplum
• Coccoloba taylorii Template:Small
• Coccoloba tenuiflora Template:Small
• Coccoloba tenuifolia Template:Small – Bahama pigeonplum
• Coccoloba tiliacea Template:Small
• Coccoloba toaensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba troyana Template:Small
• Coccoloba tuerckheimii Template:Small
• Coccoloba tunii Template:Small
• Coccoloba uvifera Template:Small – seagrape
• Coccoloba venosa Template:Small – false chiggergrape
• Coccoloba warmingii Template:Small
• Coccoloba williamsii Template:Small
• Coccoloba wrightii Template:Small
• Coccoloba wurdackii Template:Small
• Coccoloba yaracuyensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba yaterensis Template:Small
• Coccoloba zebra Template:Small
• Coccoloba zuliana Template:Small

Template:Div col end Other sources:<ref name=usda>USDA Plants Profile: Coccoloba</ref><ref name=gcw>Global Compendium of Weeds: Coccoloba acuminata</ref><ref name=hawaii>Plants of Hawaii: Polygonaceae Template:Webarchive</ref><ref name="melo">Template:Cite web</ref>

Ecology

The species Coccoloba cereifera is notable for being restricted to an area of only some 26 square km on a single low peak near Serra do Cipó National Park, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Cultivation and uses

One species, Coccoloba uvifera (Seagrape) is commonly cultivated for its edible fruit, and the genus name is sometimes used to denote this species.

External links

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