- The
Lecythidaceae (/ˌlɛsɪθɪˈdeɪʃiː/ LESS-ith-ih-DAY-shee)
comprise a
family of
about 20
genera and 250–300
species of
woody plants native to tropical...
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Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a
South American tree in the
family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's
commercially harvested edible...
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cannonball tree, is a
deciduous tree in the
flowering plant family Lecythidaceae. It is
native to the
tropical forests of
Central and
South America,...
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placed in
subclass Dilleniidae. This
order included only the
family Lecythidaceae,
which family now (in the APG II system) is
placed in the
order Ericales...
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Prior to
European settlement, the
Caribbean was
dominated by
forested ecosystems. The
insular Caribbean has been
considered a
biodiversity hotspot. Although...
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described as a
genus in 1788. Most
authors place the
genus in the
family Lecythidaceae, the sole
genus in the
subfamily Foetidioideae, but some
prefer to treat...
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Philippine rosewood) is an
emergent tropical rainforest tree
species in the
Lecythidaceae family. In the
Visayas region called kapullan, in the
Samar and Leyte...
- is
closely related to the
Brazil nut, both
belonging to the
family Lecythidaceae and
having coconut-sized fruits. The tree's
large woody gourd-like fruits...
- Flora" p. 26".
Retrieved 2007-04-04.
Flora Neotropica Volume 21 Part 1 (
Lecythidaceae) (August 1979) p, 160. Jessop, John (1981).
Flora of
Central Australia...
- This is a list of
plants found in the wild in
Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil. The
estimates from
useful plants suggested that
there are 800 plant...
