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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Lecythidaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Lecythidaceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Lecythidanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.    Ordo  Lecythidales Cronquist pub. Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 27: 23. 31 Mar 1957.    Familia  Lecythidaceae Poit. pub. M�m. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 143. Mar 1825. common name: Brazil-Nuts

Named members of the Family Lecythidaceae

1	Genus  Abdulmajidia Whitmore
2	Genus  Allantoma Miers
3	Genus  Amphoricarpus Spruce ex Miers syn. Cariniana Casar.
4	Genus  Asteranthus Spreng. syn. Asteranthos Desf.
5	Subfamilia  Barringtonioideae (DC.) Beilschm. pub. Flora (Bieb.) 16(2): 97. 14 Jun 1833.
	6    Tribus  Barringtonieae DC. in Schltdl. pub. Linnaea 2: 505. Jul 1827.   7    Subtribus  Barringtoniinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 695. 19 Oct 1865.   8    Genus  Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. pub. (1775) common name: barringtonia
9	Genus  Barthollesia Silva Manso syn. Bertholletia Bonpl.
10	Genus  Bergena Adans. syn. Lecythis Loefl.
11	Genus  Bertholletia Bonpl. common name: bertholletia
12	Genus  Careya Roxb.
13	Genus  Cariniana Casar.
14	Genus  Cercophora Miers syn. Lecythis Loefl.
15	Genus  Chydenanthus Miers
16	Genus  Chytroma Miers syn. Lecythis Loefl.
17	Genus  Combretodendron A.Chev. syn. Petersianthus Merr.
18	Genus  Corythophora R.Knuth
19	Genus  Couratari Aubl.
20	Genus  Couroupita Aubl. common name: cannonball tree
21	Genus  Crateranthus Baker f.
22	Genus  Curatari J.F.Gmel. syn. Couratari Aubl.
23	Genus  Curataria Spreng. syn. Couratari Aubl.
24	Genus  Eschweilera Mart. ex DC.
25	Genus  Goeldinia Huber syn. Allantoma Miers
26	Genus  Grias L.
27	Genus  Gustavia L. pub. (1775)
28	Genus  Holopyxidium Ducke syn. Lecythis Loefl.
29	Genus  Japarandiba Adans. syn. Gustavia L.
30	Genus  Jugastrum Miers syn. Eschweilera Mart. ex DC.
31	Subfamilia  Lecythidoideae (DC.) Beilschm. pub. Flora (Bieb.) 16(2): 98, 108. 14 Jun 1833.
	32    Tribus  Lecythideae DC. pub. Linnaea 2: 505. Jul 1827.   33    Subtribus  Lecythidinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 695. 19 Oct 1865.   34    Genus  Lecythis Loefl. pub. (1758) common name: lecythis
35	Genus  Lecythopsis Schrank syn. Couratari Aubl.
36	Genus  Napoleona P.Beauv. syn. Napoleonaea P.Beauv.
37	Genus  Neohuberia Ledoux syn. Eschweilera Mart. ex DC.
38	Genus  Pachylecythis Ledoux syn. Lecythis Loefl.
39	Genus  Perigaria Span. syn. Gustavia L.
40	Genus  Petersia Welw. ex Benth. syn. Petersianthus Merr.
41	Genus  Petersianthus Merr.
42	Genus  Pirigara Aubl. syn. Gustavia L.
43	Subfamilia  Planchonioideae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 1: 146. Apr 1892.
	44    Genus  Planchonia Blume pub. (1851-1852)
45	Genus  Pontopidana Scop. syn. Couroupita Aubl.
46	Genus  Sapucaya R.Knuth syn. Lecythis Loefl.
47	Genus  Strailia T.Durand syn. Lecythis Loefl.
48	Genus  Teichmeyeria Scop. syn. Gustavia L.

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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