Common Names
Common Names in English:
Paradise Nut
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 650 meters (0 to 2,133 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Lecythidales
()
- Family:
Lasiocampoidea
()
- Tribe:
Lecythideae
()
- Genus:
Lecythis
()
- Loefling, 1758
- Specific epithet:
zabucajo
- Aubl.
- Botanical name: - Lecythis zabucajo Aubl.
- Specific epithet:
zabucajo
- Aubl.
- Genus:
Lecythis
(
- Tribe:
Lecythideae
(
- Family:
Lasiocampoidea
(
- Order:
Lecythidales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Lecythis crassinoda Miers
- Lecythis davisii Sandwith
- Lecythis davisii var. gracilipes Eyma
- Lecythis hians A. C. Sm.
- Lecythis lecomtei Pamp.
- Lecythis tumefacta Miers
- Lecythis validissima Miers
Notes
Publishing author : Pamp. Publication : Agric. Colon. 10: 633, tav. 2 1916 Publishing author: Sandwith Publication: Bull . Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 213 1932 Publishing author: Eyma Publication: Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht no. 4: 77, fig. 9, VI 1932 Publishing author: A.C.Sm. Publication: Phytologia i. 123 (1935). Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Mori S., 2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lecythis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 69 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
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. lanceolata · 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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Further Reading
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. ENG url p. 40, p. 92.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed April 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- LecyPages
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- The Lecythidaceae Pages 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:
- Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
- SysTax, SysTax
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670186
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lec-262
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14690698
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:597352-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506156
- MoBot NameID: 17900363
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LEZA2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 46199
Footnotes
- Mean = 46.630 meters (152.986 feet), Standard Deviation = 919.200 based on 62 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
