Lecythidaceae A.Rich.

First published in Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. [Bory] 9: 269. 1825 [25 Feb 1825] (as "Lecythideae") (1825)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Mori, S. A. & Prance, G. T. (1989). Lecythidaceae, the zygomorphic flowered New World Genera. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21 (II). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
  • Prance, G. T. & Mori, S. A. (1979). Lecythidaceae, the actinomorphic flowered New World Genera. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21 (I). New York Botanical Garden, New York.

Neotropikey

  • APG II, (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 399-436.
  • Gentry, A.H. (1996). A field guide to the families and genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.
  • Mori, S. & Prance, G.T. The Lecythidaceae Pages, at http://sweetgum.nybg.org/lp/index.html (visited 12/(2008).
  • Mori, S.A. & Prance, G.T. (1990). Lecythidaceae part II: The zygomorphic flowered New World genera. Flora Neotropica Monograph 21(2): 1-376.
  • Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. (1979). Lecythidaceae part I: The actinomorphic flowered New World genera. Flora Neotropica Monograph 21(1): 1-270.
  • Souza, V.C. & Lorenzi, H. (2005). Botânica Sistemática: guia ilustrativo para identificação das famílias de Angiospermas da flora brasileira, baseado em APG II. Nova Odessa, Brazil: Instituto Plantarum.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Prance, G.T. & Kartawinata, E.K. (2013). Lecythidaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 21: 1–118.
  • Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Torke, B.M.; Mansano, V.; Suemitsu, C.; Braga, M. [1348] Brazil K001589360 No
De Brui Jn, J. [1711] Venezuela K001636217 No
Thomas, D.W. [690] Cameroon Scytopetalaceae K:SPC-41228.000 No
Gartlan, J.S. [19] Cameroon Scytopetalaceae K:SPC-06049.046 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0