Lecythidaceae

Gustavia L.

First published in Pl. Surin. 12: 17 (1775), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & S. Tropical America. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. (1979). Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(I).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1994 Kalbreyer, W. [871] Colombia K000300310 No
Jan 1, 1973 Beruerdi [1030] Venezuela K000300309 No
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Singh, D.; Alexander, E.; James, H.; John, N.; Simon, H.; Joseph, E. [5303] Guyana K001636969 No
Pennington, T.D.; Veloz, L.; et al. [14060] Ecuador K000300302 No
Peru K:SPC-44903.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Tenorio, G. [10758] Ecuador K:SPC-54152.000 No
Pennington, R.T.; et al. [57] Bolivia K:SPC-57632.000 No
Cazalet, P.; Pennington, T. [7723] Ecuador K:SPC-18766.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0