Couroupita

Couroupita guianensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Couroupita
Species: C. guianensis – C. nicaraguarensis – C. subsessilis

Name

Couroupita Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 708. t. 282. 1775.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pontopidana Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 195 (1777).
  • Pekea Juss., Gen. Pl.: 249 (1789), nom. illeg.
  • Elsholtzia Neck., Elem. Bot. 2: 256 (1790), opus utique oppr.

Notes

The following names are sometimes seen, all stated without evidence. †C. ovata – †C. santanderensis – †C. tertiaria

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil North Regional:Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional:Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panamá Introduced into: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Brazil Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marshall Is., Nicobar Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 2: 708

Additional references

• Berry, E.W. 1936. Miocene plants from Colombia, South America. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 63(2):53-66.

• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Oct 01 [1].

• Hollick, A. and E. W. Berry 1924. A Late Tertiary flora from Bahia, Brazil. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 5:11-137.

• Paleobiology Database. Accessed 2009 Nov 02 [2].

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Couroupita in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Couroupita. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 29. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Couroupita. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 June 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Couroupita. Published online. Accessed: June 27 2022.

Vernacular names

suomi: Kuulapuut
hornjoserbsce: Kanonowc
русский: Курупита

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