Lecythis

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: L. alutacea – L. ampla – L. barnebyi – L. brancoensis – L. chartacea – L. confertiflora – L. corrugata – L. gracieana – L. holcogyne – L. ibiriba – L. idatimon – L. lanceolata – L. lurida – L. marcgraaviana – L. mesophylla – L. minor – L. oldemanii – L. ollaria – L. parvifructa – L. persistens – L. pisonis – L. pneumatophora – L. poiteaui – L. prancei – L. retusa – L. schomburgkii – L. schwackei – L. serrata – L. tuyrana – L. zabucajo
Name

Lecythis Loefl., Iter Hispan. 189. (1758)

Type species: Lecythis ollaria L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1071. (1759)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Bergena Adans., Fam. 2: 345, 525. (1763), nom. rej., vs. Bergenia Moench (1794), nom. cons.
Cercophora Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 301 (1874),nom. illeg. hom. non Cercophora Fuckel Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 244 (1870) (Lasiosphaeriaceae)
Chytroma Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 229 (1874)
Strailia T.Durand, Index Gen. Phan.: 129 (1888)
Holopyxidium Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 152 (1925)
Sapucaya R.Knuth, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 113, 114 (1935)
Pachylecythis Ledoux, Lecointea 2: 2 (1964)

References

Löfling, P. 1758. Iter Hispanicum; eller, Resa til spanska länderna uti Europa och America förrättad ifrån år 1751 til år 1756. Utgifven af Carl Linnæus. Stockholm 176–189.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Lecythis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Lecythis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 29 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Lecythis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 21.

Lecythis /ˈlɛsɪθɪs/ 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

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