Pradosia

Pradosia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1872.

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

Species

26 species are accepted.

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

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