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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Caryocar

Hierarchical position of the Genus Caryocar

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  Theanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Theales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 12. 17 Sep 1833.       Familia  Caryocaraceae Szyszyl. in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., III, 6: 153. Mai 1893.    Tribus  Caryocareae Baill. pub. Hist. Pl. 4: 247, 264. 1872.    Genus  Caryocar L. pub. (1771) common name: caryocar

Named members of the Genus Caryocar

1	Species  amygdaliferum Mutis common name: achotillo
2	Species  brasiliense Cambess. common name: pequi
3	Species  nuciferum L. common name: souari nut

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.