kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
order: Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl >
family: Malvaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Byttnerioideae Burnett >
genus: Theobroma L. >
Colombia (Bolívar, Santander); Venezuela (Bolívar, Delta Amacuro); Guyana; N-Brazil (Amazonas)