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Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Corythophora
Species: C. alta – C. amapaensis – C. labriculata – C. rimosa
Name

Corythophora R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 50. (1939)
Type species: Corythophora alta R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 51. (1939)

References

Kunth, R.G.P. (1939) Das Pflanzenreich IV. 219a(Heft 105): 50, f. 10.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Corythophora in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Jan. 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2015. Corythophora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Jan. 11.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Corythophora. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 11 2015.

Corythophora is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1939.[1][2] It is native to northeastern South America (French Guiana, Suriname, northern Brazil).[3]

Species[3][4][5]

Corythophora alta R.Knuth - Pará, Amazonas
Corythophora amapaensis Pires ex S.A.Mori & Prance - French Guiana, Amapá
Corythophora labriculata (Eyma) S.A.Mori & Prance - Suriname
Corythophora rimosa W.A.Rodrigues - French Guiana, Amazonas, Amapá, Suriname

References

Knuth, Reinhard Gustav Paul. 1939. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 219a(Heft 105): 50, f. 10
Tropicos, Corythophora R. Knuth
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Mori, S.A. & G. T. Prance. 1990. Lecythidaceae–Part II. The zygomorphic–flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(2): 1–376.
Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584

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