Gustavia latifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Genus: | Gustavia |
Species: | G. latifolia |
Binomial name | |
Gustavia latifolia | |
Gustavia latifolia is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Colombia.
Kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States. Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana. Mountain laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. It is the namesake of Laurel County in Kentucky, the city of Laurel, Mississippi, and the Laurel Highlands in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Typha latifolia, better known as broadleaf cattail, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha. It is found as a native plant species in North and South America, Eurasia, and Africa. The T. latifolia genome was published in 2022.
Gustavia acuminata is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in Brazil and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gustavia dodsonii is a species of woody plant in the Monkeypot Family (Lecythidaceae). It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Its most remarkable feature are its seeds, which can measure up to 2.9 inches in length by up to 2.25 inches (58mm) in diameter.
Gustavia erythrocarpa is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gustavia excelsa is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Colombia.
Gustavia foliosa is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Gustavia fosteri, one of several plants in the genus Gustavia known by the Spanish common name membrillo, is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gustavia gracillima is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Gustavia longifuniculata is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Colombia.
Gustavia monocaulis is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gustavia petiolata is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Colombia.
Gustavia pubescens is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Gustavia santanderiensis is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in Brazil and Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gustavia sessilis is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Colombia.
Gustavia verticillata is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in Colombia and Panama.
Gustavia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae described by Linnaeus in 1775. It is native to tropical Central America and South America. Many of the species are threatened; some are critically endangered 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. Gustavia flowers have numerous stamens, in some species as many as 1,200 in a single flower.
The Flora of Colombia is characterized by over 28,000 species of green plants.
Dalbergia latifolia is a premier timber species, also known as the Indian rosewood. It is native to low-elevation tropical monsoon forests of south east India. Some common names in English include rosewood, Bombay blackwood, roseta rosewood, East Indian rosewood, reddish-brown rosewood, Indian palisandre, and Java palisandre. Its Indian common names are beete, and satisal. The tree grows to 40 metres (130 ft) in height and is evergreen, but locally deciduous in drier subpopulations.
Phillyrea latifolia, commonly known as green olive tree or mock privet, is a species of tree in the family Oleaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin, from Morocco and Portugal in the west, to the Levant in the east.