Full name:

The Lecythidaceae Pages

Short name:

LecyPages

Version:

Oct 2006

Release date:

October 17th, 2006

Authors/editors:

SA Mori, GT Prance & M Tulig

Taxonomic coverage:

Plantae - Magnoliophyta - Magnoliopsida - Lecythidales - Lecythidaceae, Napoleonaceae & Scytopetalaceae

Number of species names:

311 accepted names; 746 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

27 accepted names; 47 synonyms

Number of common names:

0

Total number of names:

1,131

Abstract:

The Lecythidaceae is a family of tropical trees found in Africa, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, and the New World tropics. It reaches its greatest diversity in the Neotropics and is best known for the Brazil nut of commerce (Bertholletia excelsa) and the cannon-ball tree (Couroupita guianensis). The latter species, although native to the Neotropics, is planted as an ornamental and botanical curiosity in subtropical and tropical botanical gardens throughout the world. The database includes all names in the family with the status (accepted or unaccepted) and synonymy provided for each name. The names have been abstracted from the most recent monographs of the family. A more comprehensive database, especially of the New World species, is found as part of the Virtual Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden.

Organization:

The New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA

Web site:

http://sweetgum.nybg.org/lp