Erythroxylum
Noun
Meaning
a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
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Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense and Erythroxylum novogranatense var. truxillense are phenotypically similar, but morphologically distinguishable.
Wild populations of Erythroxylum coca var. coca are found in the eastern Andes ; the other 3 taxa are only known as cultivated plants.
The first (put forth by Plowman Plowman T. "The Origin, Evolution, and Diffusion of Coca, Erythroxylum spp., in South and Central America."
The two subspecies of Erythroxylum coca are almost indistinguishable phenotypically.