Gustavia (genus)
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Genus: | Gustavia L. |
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Gustavia is a genus of flowering plants of Lecythidaceae family. It consists of about 41 species native to tropical South America. Many of the following species are threatened; some are critically endangered:
- Gustavia aculta
- Gustavia acuminata
- Gustavia angustifolia
- Gustavia augusta
- Gustavia brachycarpa
- Gustavia coriacea
- Gustavia dodsonii
- Gustavia dubia
- Gustavia elliptica
- Gustavia erythrocarpa
- Gustavia excelsa
- Gustavia foliosa
- Gustavia fosteri
- Gustavia gentryi
- Gustavia gigantophylla
- Gustavia gracillima
- Gustavia gracillipes
- Gustavia grandibracteata
- Gustavia hexapetala
- Gustavia latifolia
- Gustavia longepetiolata
- Gustavia longifolia
- Gustavia longifuniculata
- Gustavia marcarenensis
- Gustavia monocaulis
- Gustavia nana
- Gustavia parviflora
- Gustavia petiolata
- Gustavia poepiggiana
- Gustavia pubescens
- Gustavia pulchra
- Gustavia romeroi
- Gustavia santanderiensis
- Gustavia serrata
- Gustavia sessilis
- Gustavia speciosa
- Gustavia superba
- Gustavia tejerae
- Gustavia terminaliflora
- Gustavia verticillata
Gustavia superba, though, is actually abundant in re-growing secondary forests. It grows in the north of South America, from Panama south through the Andes as far as Ecuador, and along the Caribbean coast and in the Amazon basin.
References
- Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A.(1979): Lecythidaceae Part I.Flora Neotropica No.21(1). [taxonomic revision]
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