Lecythis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Lecythis
Species: L. minor – L. oldemanii – L. ollaria – L. praeclara – L. tuyrana

Lecythis Loefl., Iter Hispan. 189. (1758) emend. Vargas et al. (2024)

Heterotypic
- Bergena Adans., Fam. 2: 345, 525. (1763), nom. rej., vs. Bergenia Moench (1794), nom. cons.

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America El Salvador [introdced], Honduras [introduced], Panamá. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. Brazil Brazil North (Amazonas). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Löfling, P. 1758. Iter Hispanicum; eller, Resa til spanska länderna uti Europa och America förrättad ifrån år 1751 til år 1756. Utgifven af Carl Linnæus. Stockholm Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 189.

Vargas, O.M., Larson, D.A., Batista, J., Cornejo, X., Luize, B.G., Medellín-Zabala, D., Ribeiro, M., Smith, N.P., Smith, S.A., Vicentini, A. & Dick, C.W. 2024. Reclassification of the Bertholletia Clade of the Brazil Nut Family (Lecythidaceae) Based on a Phylogenetic Analysis of Plastome and Target Sequence Capture Data. Harvard Papers in Botany 29(1): 159–179. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v29iss1.2024.n18 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Lecythis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Lecythis. Published online. Accessed: 29 Oct. 2017. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Lecythis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Oct. 2017. Reference page.