# Cheiloclinium

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cheiloclinium cognatum, Parcela UCR, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica imported from iNaturalist photo 91730558.jpg
| image_caption = ''Cheiloclinium cognatum''
| taxon = Cheiloclinium
| authority = [Miers](/source/John_Miers_(botanist))
| synonyms = ''Kippistia'' {{small|Miers}}
}}

'''''Cheiloclinium''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Celastraceae](/source/Celastraceae). It includes 13 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from central Mexico to Bolivia and southern Brazil.<ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Cheiloclinium'' Miers {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30041509-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=31 March 2026 |language=en}}</ref>

==Species==
13 species are accepted.<ref name=powo/>

*''[Cheiloclinium anomalum](/source/Cheiloclinium_anomalum)'' {{small|Miers}}
*''[Cheiloclinium articulatum](/source/Cheiloclinium_articulatum)'' {{small|(A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium belizense](/source/Cheiloclinium_belizense)'' {{small|(Standl.) A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium cognatum](/source/Cheiloclinium_cognatum)'' {{small|(Miers) A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium diffusiflorum](/source/Cheiloclinium_diffusiflorum)'' {{small|(Miers) A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium habropodum](/source/Cheiloclinium_habropodum)'' {{small|A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium hippocrateoides](/source/Cheiloclinium_hippocrateoides)'' {{small|(Peyr.) A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium klugii](/source/Cheiloclinium_klugii)'' {{small|A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium obtusum](/source/Cheiloclinium_obtusum)'' {{small|A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium pedunculatum](/source/Cheiloclinium_pedunculatum)'' {{small|(A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium puberulum](/source/Cheiloclinium_puberulum)'' {{small|Lombardi}}
*''[Cheiloclinium schwackeanum](/source/Cheiloclinium_schwackeanum)'' {{small|Loes.}}
*''[Cheiloclinium serratum](/source/Cheiloclinium_serratum)'' {{small|(Cambess.) A.C.Sm.}}

==References==
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Category:Celastraceae
Category:Celastraceae genera
Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm
Category:Plants described in 1872
Category:Taxa named by John Miers (botanist)

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