Couratari

Couratari guianensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Couratari
Species: C. asterophora – C. asterotricha – C. atrovinosa – C. calycina – C. gloriosa – C. guianensis – C. longipedicellata – C. macrosperma – C. multiflora – C. oblongifolia – C. oligantha – C. prancei – C. pyramidata – C. riparia – C. sandwithii – C. scottmorii – C. stellata – C. tauari – C. tenuicarpa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Couratari in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 29. Reference page.

Name

Couratari Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 723, t. 290. (1775)

Type species: Couratari guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 724, t. 290. (1775)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Curatari J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 1039 (1792), orth. var.
- Lecythopsis Schrank, Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 7: 241 (1821).
- Couratari Cambess. in A.F.C.de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 379 (1833).
- Couratori Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 193 (1843), orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional:Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional:Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional:Central America
  - Costa Rica, Panamá
- Regional:Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 2: 723].

Additional references

Mori, S.A., Smith, N.P., Huang, Y.-Y., Prance, G.T., Kelley, L.M., & Matos, C.C. 2015. Towards a phylogenetic-based generic classification of neotropical Lecythidaceae - II. Status of Allantoma, Cariniana, Couratari, Coroupita, Grias and Guastavia. Phytotaxa 203: 122–137. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.203.2.2 Full text PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Couratari in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 29. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Couratari. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 29. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Couratari. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 June 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Couratari. Published online. Accessed: June 29 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Couratari in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Tauari (timber)

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