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Lecythis is a genus of in the Lecythidaceae family. It contains the following species:
- Lecythis barnebyi
- Lecythis brancoensis
- Lecythis lanceolata
- Lecythis lurida
- Lecythis ollaria
- Lecythis parvifructa
- Lecythis pisonis Cambess.
- Lecythis prancei
- Lecythis retusa
- Lecythis schomburgkii
- Lecythis schwackei
- Lecythis serrata
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Dilleniidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Theanae
Thorne Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order: Lecythidales
Cronquist, 1957
- Family: Lecythidaceae
(bar-ring-TOH-nee-uh)
Poiteau, 1825
- Genus: Lecythis (leh-SEE-thees)
- Family: Lecythidaceae
(bar-ring-TOH-nee-uh)
Poiteau, 1825
- Order: Lecythidales
Cronquist, 1957
- Superorder: Theanae
Thorne Ex Reveal, 1993
- Subclass: Dilleniidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Genus Lecythis is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 69 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Lecythis: L. alutacea · L. amara · L. amazonii · L. ampla · L. andina · L. angustifolia · L. barnebyi · L. biserrata · L. brancoensis · L. chartacea · L. confertiflora · L. confusa · L. corrugata · L. corrugata corrugata · L. corrugata rosea · L. corrugata subsp. rosea · L. elliptica · L. gigantea · L. gracieana · L. hians · L. holcogyne · L. idatimon · L. karuaiensis · L. longipes f. genuina · L. longipes f. platycarpa · L. lurida · L. martiana · L. martini · L. melliana · L. mesophylla · L. minor (Monkeypot Nuts) · L. moritziana · L. nicaraguensis · L. obversa · L. ollaria (Monkeypod) · L. ovata · L. pachysepala · L. paniculata · L. paraensis · L. parvifructa · L. persistens · L. persistens aurantiaca · L. persistens subsp. aurantiaca · L. peruviana · L. pisonis (Monkey Pot) · L. pisonis usitata (Monkey-Pot) · L. pneumatophora · L. pohlii · L. poiteaui · L. praeclara · L. prancei · L. retusa · L. riedeliana · L. rorida · L. rosea · L. sagotiana · L. schomburgkii · L. schwackei · L. serrata · L. spruceana · L. subbiflora · L. tenuifolia · L. turbinata · L. tuyrana · L. venusta · L. zabucaja (Paradise-Nut) · L. zabucajo (Paradise Nut) · L. zabucayo
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