Gustavia (plant)

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Gustavia
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Gustavia superba [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Subfamily: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Gustavia
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Synonyms [2]
  • HolopyxidiumScop.
  • JaparandibaAdans.
  • PerigariaSpan.
  • PirigaraAubl.
  • SpallanzaniaNeck.

Gustavia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae described by Linnaeus in 1775. [3] [4] It is native to tropical Central America and South America. [2] Many of the species are threatened; some are critically endangered [5] Gustavia superba , though, is actually abundant in re-growing secondary forests. It grows in northern South America, from Panama south through the Andes as far as Ecuador, and along the Caribbean coast and in the Amazon basin. [5] Gustavia flowers have numerous stamens, in some species as many as 1,200 in a single flower. [6]

The genus name was given by Linnaeus to honor his king, Gustav III of Sweden.

Species

List of species within the genus: [2]

  1. Gustavia acuminata - S Venezuela, Roraima
  2. Gustavia angustifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
  3. Gustavia augusta - Colombia to Amapá and Bolivia
  4. Gustavia brachycarpa - Costa Rica, Panama
  5. Gustavia coriacea - V Amazonas
  6. Gustavia dodsonii - Ecuador
  7. Gustavia dubia - Colombia, Panama
  8. Gustavia elliptica - N Brazil
  9. Gustavia erythrocarpa - Pará
  10. Gustavia excelsa - Colombia
  11. Gustavia flagellata - N Venezuela
  12. Gustavia foliosa - Colombia, Ecuador
  13. Gustavia fosteri - Panama
  14. Gustavia gentryi - Colombia
  15. Gustavia gigantophylla - E Venezuela, Guyana
  16. Gustavia gracillima - Colombia
  17. Gustavia gracillipes - Colombia
  18. Gustavia grandibracteata - Colombia, Panama
  19. Gustavia hexapetala - Colombia to Amapá and Bolivia
  20. Gustavia inakuama - Peru
  21. Gustavia latifolia - Colombia
  22. Gustavia longepetiolata - Pará
  23. Gustavia longifolia - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
  24. Gustavia longifuniculata - Colombia
  25. Gustavia marcarenensis - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
  26. Gustavia monocaulis - Colombia, Panama
  27. Gustavia nana - Colombia, Panama
  28. Gustavia occidentalis - Valle del Cauca
  29. Gustavia parviflora - Venezuela
  30. Gustavia petiolata - Colombia
  31. Gustavia poepiggiana - Colombia to Guyana and Bolivia
  32. Gustavia pubescens - Ecuador
  33. Gustavia pulchra - S Venezuela, N Brazil
  34. Gustavia romeroi - Colombia
  35. Gustavia santanderiensis - Colombia
  36. Gustavia serrata - Ecuador
  37. Gustavia sessilis - Colombia
  38. Gustavia speciosa - Colombia, Ecuador
  39. Gustavia superba - Colombia, Panama, Ecuador
  40. Gustavia tejerae - Zulia
  41. Gustavia terminaliflora - N Peru
  42. Gustavia verticillata - Colombia, Panama

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References

  1. ↑ illustration circa 1880 from William Botting Hemsley (1843-1924) - Biologia Centrali-Americana vol. 5 Botany. Plates tabl. 22
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1775. Plantae Surinamenses 12, 17, 18 in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos Gustavia L.
  5. 1 2 Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. (1979). Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(I):
  6. ↑ Prance, Ghillean T.; Mori, Scott (1979). "Lecythidaceae -Part 1". Flora Neotropica. 21 (1): 54.


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