Allantoma

Allantoma is a genus of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1874.[4][2] It is native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, northern Brazil.[3]

Species[3]

1. Allantoma decandra (Ducke) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Peru, Brazil
2. Allantoma integrifolia (Ducke) S.A.Mori - Amazonas State in Brazil
3. Allantoma kuhlmannii (Ducke) S.A.Mori - Rondônia State in Brazil
4. Allantoma lineata (Mart. ex O.Berg) Miers - Amazonas State in Venezuela; Amazonas and Pará States in Brazil
5. Allantoma pachyantha (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
6. Allantoma pauciramosa (W.A.Rodrigues) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil
7. Allantoma pluriflora S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Colombia
8. Allantoma uaupensis (Spruce ex O.Berg) S.A.Mori, Ya Y.Huang & Prance - Amazonas State in Brazil

Allantoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Subfamily:	Lecythidoideae
Genus:	Allantoma Miers
Type species
Allantoma torulosa Miers[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Goeldinia Huber

References

1. lectotype designated by Sprague, J. Bot. 70: 231 (1932)
2. Tropicos, Allantoma Miers
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Miers, John. 1874. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 30: 170-171, 291-298 pp 170-171 in English with informal descriptions; pages 291-298 with Latin descriptions and more formal discussion in English