Gustavia L.
First published in Pl. Surin. 12: 17 (1775), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & S. Tropical America. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Japarandiba Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 448 (1763), nom. rej.
- Perigaria Span. in Linnaea 15: 204 (1841)
- Pirigara Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 487 (1775)
- Spallanzania Neck. in Elem. Bot. 2: 79 (1790), opus utique oppr.
Accepted Species
- Gustavia acuminata S.A.Mori
- Gustavia angustifolia Benth.
- Gustavia augusta L.
- Gustavia brachycarpa Pittier
- Gustavia coriacea S.A.Mori
- Gustavia dodsonii S.A.Mori
- Gustavia dubia (Kunth) O.Berg
- Gustavia elliptica S.A.Mori
- Gustavia erythrocarpa S.A.Mori
- Gustavia esmeraldana Cornejo & S.A.Mori
- Gustavia excelsa R.Knuth
- Gustavia flagellata S.A.Mori
- Gustavia fosteri S.A.Mori
- Gustavia gentryi S.A.Mori
- Gustavia gigantophylla Sandwith
- Gustavia gracieae Cornejo & S.A.Mori
- Gustavia gracillima Miers
- Gustavia gracillipes R.Knuth
- Gustavia grandibracteata Croat & S.A.Mori
- Gustavia hexapetala (Aubl.) Sm.
- Gustavia hubbardiorum S.A.Mori & Cornejo
- Gustavia inakuama S.A.Mori
- Gustavia johnclarkii S.A.Mori & Cornejo
- Gustavia latifolia Miers
- Gustavia longepetiolata Huber
- Gustavia longifolia Poepp. ex O.Berg
- Gustavia longifuniculata S.A.Mori
- Gustavia macarenensis Philipson
- Gustavia monocaulis S.A.Mori
- Gustavia nana Pittier
- Gustavia occidentalis Cuatrec.
- Gustavia parviflora S.A.Mori
- Gustavia paucisperma S.A.Mori
- Gustavia petiolata S.A.Mori
- Gustavia poeppigiana O.Berg
- Gustavia pubescens Ruiz & Pav. ex O.Berg
- Gustavia pulchra Miers
- Gustavia romeroi S.A.Mori & García-Barr.
- Gustavia santanderiensis R.Knuth
- Gustavia serrata S.A.Mori
- Gustavia sessilis S.A.Mori
- Gustavia speciosa (Kunth) DC.
- Gustavia superba (Kunth) O.Berg
- Gustavia tejerae R.Knuth
- Gustavia terminaliflora S.A.Mori
- Gustavia verticillata Miers
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
- Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. (1979). Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(I).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
- The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0