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421.0000 Family Lecythidaceae A.Rich.; Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. [Bory] 9: 269 (1825), nom. cons.
24 genera, ca. 380 spp.
Species listed in database: 413
= Asteranthaceae R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 1 (1939), nom. cons.
= Barringtoniaceae F.Rudolphi; Syst. Orb. Veg. 56 (1830), nom. cons.
= Foetidiaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 258 (1965)
= Gustaviaceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 717, 1092, 1135 (1835)
= Napoleonaeaceae A.Rich.; Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. [Bory] 11: 432 (1827)
= Rhaptopetalaceae Tiegh.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 33(2): 564 (1907)
421.4010 Genus Chytroma Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 229 (1874)
Distribution: Tropical South America
Species listed in database: 19
= Cercophora Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 301 (1874), nom. illeg.
species :
Chytroma alutacea (A.C.Sm.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 167 (2024)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Pará)
82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Eschweilera alutacea A.C.Sm.; Amer. J. Bot. 26: 409 (1939)
= Eschweilera persaudii R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 105 (1939)
= Lecythis alutacea (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori; Brittonia 33(3): 362 (1981)
= Lecythis karuaiensis Steyerm.; Fieldiana, Bot. 28(2): 422 (1952)
species :
Chytroma barnebyi (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 168 (2024)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lecythis barnebyi S.A.Mori; Brittonia 33(3): 360 (1981)
species :
Chytroma brancoensis R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 84 (1939)
Distribution: Guyana; N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 GUY 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chytroma lata R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 80 (1939)
= Chytroma miersii R.Knuth; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 114 (1935)
= Eschweilera miersii (R.Knuth) A.C.Sm.; Amer. J. Bot. 26: 409 (1939)
= Lecythis brancoensis (R.Knuth) S.A.Mori; Brittonia 33(3): 359 (1981)
species :
Chytroma chartacea (O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 231 (1874)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Guaviare, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhão)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cercophora anomala Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 302 (1874)
= Chytroma cistella Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30(2): 233 (1874)
= Chytroma cupularis (Miers) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 85 (1939)
= Chytroma laevicula (Miers) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 80 (1939)
= Chytroma langsdorffii (O.Berg) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 87 (1939)
= Chytroma marawynensis (O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 245 (1874)
= Chytroma monosperma (Mart. ex O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 239 (1874)
= Chytroma pilocarpa Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30(2): 238 (1874)
= Chytroma rorida (O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 243 (1874)
= Chytroma spruceana (O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 235 (1874)
= Chytroma urceolata Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30(2): 237 (1874)
= Eschweilera brancoensis R.Knuth; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 115 (1935)
= Eschweilera chartacea (O.Berg) Eyma; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 4: 70 (1932)
= Eschweilera marawynensis (O.Berg) Nied.; Enum. Vasc. Pl. Surinam 332 (1906)
= Eschweilera rigida Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 249 (1874)
= Eschweilera rorida (O.Berg) A.C.Sm.; Phytologia 1: 124 (1935)
= Eschweilera spruceana (O.Berg) Nied.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 7: 40 (1892)
= Lecythis chartacea O.Berg; Linnaea 27: 450 (1854)
= Lecythis chartacea var. calyce Sagot; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 6, 20: 203 (1885)
= Lecythis cupularis Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 224 (1874)
= Lecythis laevicula Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 224 (1874)
= Lecythis langsdorffii O.Berg; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(1): 615 (1858)
= Lecythis marawynensis O.Berg; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(1): 489 (1858)
= Lecythis monosperma Mart. ex O.Berg; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(1): 485 (1858)
= Lecythis rigida (Miers) R.Knuth; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 43: 512 (1927)
= Lecythis rorida O.Berg; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(1): 488 (1858)
= Lecythis spruceana O.Berg; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(1): 487 (1858)
species :
Chytroma congestiflora (Benoist) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 78 (1939)
Distribution: ?Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
82 FRG SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Eschweilera congestiflora (Benoist) Eyma; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 4: 71 (1932)
= Lecythis congestiflora Benoist; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 177 (1915)
species :
Chytroma gracieana (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 168 (2024)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas: Manaus region)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lecythis gracieana S.A.Mori; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 75: 47 (1995)
= Couratari martiana (O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 282 (1874)
species :
Chytroma holcogyne (Sandwith) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 79 (1939)
Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amapá)
82 FRG GUY SUR 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Eschweilera holcogyne Sandwith; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 126 (1935)
= Lecythis holcogyne (Sandwith) S.A.Mori; Brittonia 33(3): 363 (1981):
species :
Chytroma ibiriba Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30(2): 236 (1874)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Sergipe)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lecythis ibiriba (Miers) N.P.Sm., S.A.Mori & Popovkin; J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 139(4): 447 (2013)
species :
Chytroma lurida (Miers) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 168 (2024)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chytroma jarana Huber; Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 6: 209 (1910), nomen
= Eschweilera jarana (Huber ex Ducke) Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 5: 177 (1930)
= Eschweilera jarana var. latifolia Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 5: 178 (1930)
= Eschweilera lurida Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 262 (1874)
= Eschweilera rhodogonoclada Rizzini & A.Mattos; Anais Acad. Brasil. Ci. 40: 233 (1968)
= Eschweilera serrulata Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 250 (1874)
= Holopyxidium jarana (Huber) Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 152 (1925)
= Holopyxidium latifolium (Ducke) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 72 (1939)
= Lecythis jarana (Huber ex Ducke) A.C.Sm.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60: 381 (1933)
= Lecythis jarana var. latifolia (Ducke) A.C.Sm.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60: 381 (1933)
= Lecythis lurida (Miers) S.A.Mori; Brittonia 33(3): 362 (1981)
species :
Chytroma mesophylla (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 168 (2024)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Santander)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Lecythis mesophylla S.A.Mori; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57(3): 386 (1970 publ. 1971)
species :
Chytroma parvifructa (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 169 (2024)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas: Manaus)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lecythis parvifructa S.A.Mori; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21(2): 312 (1990)
species :
Chytroma poiteaui (O.Berg) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 169 (2024)
Distribution: Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Amazonas)
82 FRG SUR 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chytroma foetida R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 85 (1939)
= Eschweilera poiteaui (O.Berg) Nied.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 7: 40 (1892)
= Jugastrum poiteaui (O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 279 (1874)
= Lecythis poiteaui O.Berg; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(1): 615 (1858)
= Lecythis racemiflora Sagot; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 6, 20: 200 (1885)
species :
Chytroma praeclara (Sandwith) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 81 (1939)
Distribution: Guyana; ?etc.
82 GUY
Synonyms: hidden
= Eschweilera praeclara Sandwith; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 127 (1935)
= Lecythis praeclara (Sandwith) S.A.Mori ex Molino & Sabatier; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 44(26): 502 (2022)
species :
Chytroma prancei (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 169 (2024)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lecythis prancei S.A.Mori; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21(2): 304 (1990)
species :
Chytroma retusa (Spruce ex O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 243 (1874)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Eschweilera retusa (Spruce ex O.Berg) Nied.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 7: 40 (1892)
= Holopyxidium retusum (Spruce ex O.Berg) Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 152 (1925)
= Lecythis retusa Spruce ex O.Berg; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(1): 487 (1858)
species :
Chytroma schomburgkiana (O.Berg) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 230 (1874)
Distribution: Guyana; N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 GUY 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Eschweilera schomburgkii (O.Berg) Nied.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 7: 40 (1892)
= Lecythis schomburgkii O.Berg; Linnaea 27: 456 (1854)
species :
Chytroma schwackei (R.Knuth) Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 230 (1874)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lecythis schwackei (R.Knuth) S.A.Mori; Brittonia 33(3): 359 (1981)
= Sapucaya schwackei R.Knuth; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 113 (1935)
species :
Chytroma serrata (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick; Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 169 (2024)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lecythis serrata S.A.Mori; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21(2): 320 (1990)
species :
Chytroma simiorum (Benoist) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 81 (1939)
Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)
82 FRG GUY SUR 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chytroma crenata R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 84 (1939)
= Chytroma simiorum var. latifolia (Eyma) R.Knuth; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.219, Heft 105 (Lecyth.): 82 (1939)
= Eschweilera simiorum (Benoist) Eyma; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 4: 81 (1932)
= Eschweilera simiorum var. latifolia Eyma; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 4: 74 (1932)
= Lecythis simiorum Benoist; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 178 (1915)
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