Database details
| Full name: | LecyPages: The Lecythidaceae Pages |
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| Short name: | LecyPages |
| Version: | Oct 2006 |
| Release date: | 2006-10-17 |
| Authors/editors: | Mori S.A., Prance G.T. & Tulig M. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Plantae - Magnoliophyta - Magnoliopsida - Lecythidales - Lecythidaceae, Napoleonaceae, Scytopetalaceae |
| English name of the group: | Brazil nut family |
| Number of species: | 311 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 27 |
| Number of synonyms: | 793 |
| 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 |
| Website: |
http://sweetgum.nybg.org/lp |