Couratari

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Couratari
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Subfamily: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Couratari
Aubl. 1775 not Cambess. 1858
Synonyms [1]
  • CuratariJ.F.Gmel., spelling variant
  • LecythopsisSchrank
  • CouratariCambess.
  • CouratoriWalp., spelling variant

Couratari is a genus of trees in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1775. [2] [3] They are native to tropical South America and Central America. [1]

Couratari sp. - MHNT Couratari sp. MHNT.BOT.2018.6.4.jpg
Couratari sp. - MHNT

They are large trees, often rising above the rainforest canopy. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, elliptical, up to 15 cm long, with a serrate to serrulate margin. Vernation lines parallel to the midvein are often visible - a very unusual characteristic. The fruit is 6–15 cm long, and roughly conical. A central plug drops out at maturity, releasing the winged seeds to be dispersed by wind. The fruit of Cariniana may be distinguished from those of Couratari, as the former have longitudinal ridges, whereas the latter bears a single calyx-derived ring near the fruit apex. [4] [5]

Species [1]
  1. Couratari asterophora - Bahia
  2. Couratari asterotricha - Espírito Santo
  3. Couratari atrovinosa - Amazonas
  4. Couratari calycina - Guyana, French Guiana
  5. Couratari gloriosa - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname
  6. Couratari guianensis - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Amapá, Pará
  7. Couratari longipedicellata - Amazonas
  8. Couratari macrosperma - Southern Peru, Pando, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Pará, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Mato Grosso
  9. Couratari multiflora - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Maranhão, Bolívar, Mérida, Delta Amacuro
  10. Couratari oblongifolia Ducke & R.Knuth - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Pará, Goiás, Maranhão, Roraima
  11. Couratari oligantha - Guyana, Vaupés, Peru, Amazonas, Amazonas, Amapá
  12. Couratari prancei - Acre
  13. Couratari pyramidata - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
  14. Couratari riparia - Guyana
  15. Couratari sandwithii - Bolívar, Suriname
  16. Couratari scottmorii - Costa Rica, Panama
  17. Couratari stellata - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Amazonas, Amazonas, Pará, Vaupés,
  18. Couratari tauari - Amazonas, Pará
  19. Couratari tenuicarpa - Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Bolívar, Loreto, Suriname

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 723–724, t. 290.
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Couratari Aubl.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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