Lecythis zabucajo

Lecythis zabucajo

Lecythis zabucajo

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: Lecythis
Species: Lecythis zabucajo

Name

Lecythis zabucajo Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 718–719 (1775) sometimes spelled "zabucaja" see IPNI.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Lecythis crassinoda Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 216 (1874)
  • Lecythis tumefacta Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 216 (1874)
  • Lecythis validissima Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 205 (1874)
  • Lecythis lecomtei Pamp., Agric. Colon. 10: 633 (1916)
  • Lecythis davisii Sandwith, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 213 (1932)
  • Lecythis davisii var. gracilipes Eyma, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 4: 77 (1932)
  • Lecythis hians A.C.Sm., Phytologia 1: 123 (1935)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador Regional:Brazil Brazil North Regional:Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Introduced into: Trinidad-Tobago 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. : 718-719, t. 288, 284.

Additional references

• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela. 859 pp., Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. Reference page. 
• Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck, S.G. (eds.) 2013. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): 1–1741. ISBN 978-1-930723-71-9 (issue 1), ISBN 978-1-930723-83-2 (issue 2). Online version at Tropicos. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Lecythis zabucajo in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Lecythis zabucajo. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 29 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Lecythis zabucajo. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Oct. 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lecythis zabucajo in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Sapucaia, Paradise Nut
español: Nuez del paraíso
polski: Czasznia małpia
中文: 大猴胡桃

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