Lecythis zabucajo
Lecythis zabucajo

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: Lecythis
Species: Lecythis zabucajo

Name

Lecythis zabucajo Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 718–719 (1775) sometimes spelled "zabucaja" see IPNI.

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Lecythis crassinoda Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 216 (1874)
    • Lecythis tumefacta Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 216 (1874)
    • Lecythis validissima Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 205 (1874)
    • Lecythis lecomtei Pamp., Agric. Colon. 10: 633 (1916)
    • Lecythis davisii Sandwith, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 213 (1932)
    • Lecythis davisii var. gracilipes Eyma, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 4: 77 (1932)
    • Lecythis hians A.C.Sm., Phytologia 1: 123 (1935)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional:Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador
    • Regional:Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Regional:Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
    • Introduced into:
      • Trinidad-Tobago

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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. : 718-719, t. 288, 284.

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Sapucaia, Paradise Nut
español: Nuez del paraíso
polski: Czasznia małpia
中文: 大猴胡桃
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