{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Calycophyllum candidissimum (Vahl.) DC..JPG | image_caption = ''Calycophyllum candidissimum'' foliage and flowers | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Calycophyllum | authority = DC. | type_species = ''Calycophyllum candidissimum'' | type_species_authority = (Vahl) DC. | synonyms = * ''Eukylista'' Benth. * ''Eukylista'' Benth. & Hook.f. * ''Semaphyllanthe'' L.Andersson }}
'''''Calycophyllum''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.<ref name="WCSP">{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Calycophyllum |title=''Calycophyllum'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae |accessdate=}}</ref>
== Species == * ''Calycophyllum candidissimum'' <small>(Vahl) DC.</small> common names: lemonwood, digame lancewood <ref>{{cite book |last=Lincoln |first=William A |title=World Woods in Colour |year=1986 |publisher=Stobard Davies Ltd |location=Hertford UK |isbn=0-85442-028-2}}</ref> - Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Belize, Central America, Cuba, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia * ''Calycophyllum intonsum'' <small>Steyerm.</small> - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil * ''Calycophyllum megistocaulum'' <small>(K.Krause) C.M.Taylor</small> - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil * ''Calycophyllum merumense'' <small>Steyerm.</small> - Guyana * ''Calycophyllum multiflorum'' <small>Griseb.</small> - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay * ''Calycophyllum obovatum'' <small>(Ducke) Ducke</small> - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil * ''Calycophyllum papillosum'' <small>J.H.Kirkbr.</small> - Brazil (Espírito Santo) * ''Calycophyllum spectabile'' <small>Steyerm.</small> - Guyana * ''Calycophyllum spruceanum'' <small>(Benth.) Hook.f. ex K.Schum.</small> - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil * ''Calycophyllum tefense'' <small>J.H.Kirkbr.</small> - Brazil (Amazonas) * ''Calycophyllum venezuelense'' <small>Steyerm.</small> - Venezuela, Guyana
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Commons cat inline |Calycophyllum |''Calycophyllum''}} * {{Wikispecies inline |Calycophyllum |''Calycophyllum''}} * [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Calycophyllum ''Calycophyllum'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
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Category:Rubiaceae genera Category:Dialypetalantheae Category:Flora of Central America Category:Flora of Southern America
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