
Bunchosia
Bunchosia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It contains roughly 75 species of trees and shrubs, which are native to dry woodlands, savannas, and wet forests. Their range extends from Mexico and the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil and adjacent Argentina. Bunchosia is one of three arborescent genera of Malpighiaceae with fleshy, bird-dispersed fruits.
56 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bunchosia palmeri
speciesBunchosia palmeri

Bunchosia armeniaca
speciesBunchosia armeniaca

Peanut Butter Fruit
speciesBunchosia glandulosa
Bunchosia swartziana
speciesBunchosia swartziana

Bunchosia glandulifera
speciesBunchosia glandulifera

Bunchosia argentea
speciesBunchosia argentea

Bunchosia nitida
speciesBunchosia nitida

Bunchosia apiculata
speciesBunchosia apiculata

Bunchosia lindeniana
speciesBunchosia lindeniana

Bunchosia maritima
speciesBunchosia maritima

Bunchosia biocellata
speciesBunchosia biocellata

Bunchosia macrophylla
speciesBunchosia macrophylla

Bunchosia montana
speciesBunchosia montana

Bunchosia sonorensis
speciesBunchosia sonorensis

Bunchosia cornifolia
speciesBunchosia cornifolia

Bunchosia lanceolata
speciesBunchosia lanceolata

Bunchosia polystachia
speciesBunchosia polystachia

Bunchosia canescens
speciesBunchosia canescens

Bunchosia plowmanii
speciesBunchosia plowmanii

Bunchosia breedlovei
speciesBunchosia breedlovei

Bunchosia acuminata
speciesBunchosia acuminata

Bunchosia caroli
speciesBunchosia caroli

Bunchosia mesoamericana
speciesBunchosia mesoamericana

Bunchosia paraguariensis
speciesBunchosia paraguariensis

Bunchosia andina
speciesBunchosia andina

Bunchosia odorata
speciesBunchosia odorata

Bunchosia guatemalensis
speciesBunchosia guatemalensis

Bunchosia chiapensis
speciesBunchosia chiapensis

Bunchosia hookeriana
speciesBunchosia hookeriana

Bunchosia decussiflora
speciesBunchosia decussiflora
Bunchosia haitiensis
speciesBunchosia haitiensis

Bunchosia ekmanii
speciesBunchosia ekmanii

Bunchosia pallescens
speciesBunchosia pallescens
Bunchosia linearifolia
speciesBunchosia linearifolia
Bunchosia luzmariae
speciesBunchosia luzmariae

Bunchosia costaricensis
speciesBunchosia costaricensis
Bunchosia ternata
speciesBunchosia ternata

Bunchosia diphylla
speciesBunchosia diphylla
Bunchosia pernambucana
speciesBunchosia pernambucana
Bunchosia hartwegiana
speciesBunchosia hartwegiana
Bunchosia jamaicensis
speciesBunchosia jamaicensis
Bunchosia mcvaughii
speciesBunchosia mcvaughii
Bunchosia matudae
speciesBunchosia matudae
Bunchosia strigosa
speciesBunchosia strigosa
Bunchosia gracilis
speciesBunchosia gracilis
Bunchosia cruciana
speciesBunchosia cruciana
Bunchosia praecox
speciesBunchosia praecox
Bunchosia hedraiophylla
speciesBunchosia hedraiophylla
Bunchosia monticola
speciesBunchosia monticola
Bunchosia heterotricha
speciesBunchosia heterotricha
Bunchosia emarginata
speciesBunchosia emarginata
Bunchosia tutensis
speciesBunchosia tutensis
Bunchosia cauliflora
speciesBunchosia cauliflora
Bunchosia mollis
speciesBunchosia mollis
Bunchosia itacarensis
speciesBunchosia itacarensis
Bunchosia macilenta
speciesBunchosia macilenta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 184494.