Lecythis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
| Genus: | Lecythis Loefl. |
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Lecythis is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1758.[2][3] It is native to Central America and South America.[1]
Species[1]
- Lecythis alutacea - Pará, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela
- Lecythis ampla - from Nicaragua to Ecuador
- Lecythis barnebyi - B Amazonas
- Lecythis brancoensis - Guyana, Roraima
- Lecythis chartacea - Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, N Brazil
- Lecythis confertiflora - Guianas, N Brazil
- Lecythis corrugata - Venezuela, Guianas, N Brazil
- Lecythis gracieana - B Amazonas
- Lecythis holcogyne - Amapá, Fr Guiana, Guyana
- Lecythis idatimon - from Suriname to Maranhão
- Lecythis lanceolata - Brazil
- Lecythis lurida - Brazil
- Lecythis mesophylla - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
- Lecythis minor - Venezuela, Panama, Colombia
- Lecythis ollaria - Venezuela
- Lecythis parvifructa - B Amazonas
- Lecythis persistens - Amapá, Fr Guiana, Guyana
- Lecythis pisonis - Brazil, Peru
- Lecythis pneumatophora - French Guiana
- Lecythis poiteaui - Fr Guiana, Suriname, N Brazil
- Lecythis prancei - B Amazonas
- Lecythis retusa - B Amazonas
- Lecythis schomburgkii - Guyana, Roraima
- Lecythis schwackei - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
- Lecythis serrata - N Brazil
- Lecythis tuyrana - Ecuador, Panama, Colombia
- Lecythis zabucajo - Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, N Brazil
Uses
Several species produce edible seeds and referred to by a variety of common names including paradise nut, monkey pot, cream nut, and sapucaia nut. Lecythis zabucajo is perhaps the most important edible species, but the seeds of L. ollaria and L. pisonis are also used.
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Loefling, Pehr. 1758. Iter Hispanicum 176–189
- ^ Tropicos, Lecythis Loefl.
External links
- A website with an exhaustive list of links about Lecythidaceae
- Kubitzki (ed.) 2004. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume VI. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Springer. Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=O-tHGAaaf2cC
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