Lecythis congestiflora Benoist

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 501

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2022v44a26
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scientific name	Lecythis congestiflora Benoist
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[719] Lecythis congestiflora Benoist View in CoL View at ENA

Notul. Syst. ( Paris ) 3: 177 [25 Dec. 1915] (Benoist 1915). — Eschweilera congestiflora (Benoist) Eyma, Polygon. Guttif. Lecythid. View in CoL Surinam: 71 (Eyma 1932). — Chytroma congestiflora (Benoist) R.Knuth, Pflanzenr. View in CoL [Engler] IV.219a (Heft 105): 78 [22 Aug. 1939] (Knuth 1939).

NOTES. — Known only from the Guiana Shield. According to Mori et al. (2017), this species is better placed in Lecythis than in Eschweilera .

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Ka: kuwatelɨ, kwatɨlɨ• Nt: baaka aki.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 24 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: R. Benoist 578 (lecto-, P[P01900098], designated by Mori et al. [1990: 213]; isolecto-, P[P02284914]).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 332 trees in 80 plots; Fmax = 4.1 %; dbhinv = 71.3 cm.

MORI S. A., PRANCE G. T. & ZEEUW C. H. DE 1990. - Lecythidaceae. Part II. The Zygomorphic-Flowered New World Genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis), with a Study of Secondary Xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae. The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx. 373 p. (Flora Neotropica Monograph; 21 [2]).

MORI S. A., KIERNAN E. A., SMITH N. P., KELLY L. M., HUANG Y. - Y., PRANCE G. T. & THIERS B. 2017. - Observations on the phytogeography of the Lecythidaceae clade (Brazil nut family). Phytoneuron 2017 - 30: 1 - 86.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Ericales
Family	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Lecythis

Lecythis congestiflora Benoist

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A. 2022

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