2.5. 1. Bunchosia Rich. ex Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 118. 1821.

Figs 8 F, 10 H

= Malacmaea Griseb., Linnaea 13: 248. 1839. Type species: Malacmaea fluminensis Griseb. [= Bunchosia maritima (Vell.) J. F. Macbr.].

Type species.

Bunchosia odorata (Jacq.) DC.

Notes.

Bunchosia comprises 93 currently accepted species (46 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of trees or shrubs endemic to non-flooded rainforests and seasonally dry tropical forest biomes in the Neotropics from Mexico to Argentina (POWO 2024; Suppl. material 1). There is no updated identification key for all species of Bunchosia, but for regional treatments, see Anderson (1981) for the Guyana Highland, Almeida et al. (2020) for Brazil, Pool (in prep.) for Mesoamerica, González-Gutiérrez and Meyer (2019) for the Antilles, and Anderson (2016) for North America.