Couratari
| Couratari | |
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| Couratari pyramidata in Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
| Genus: | Couratari Aubl. 1775 not Cambess. 1858 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Couratari is a genus of trees in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1775.[2][3] They are native to tropical South America and Central America.[1]
They are large trees, often rising above the rainforest canopy. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, elliptical, up to 15 cm long, with a serrate to serrulate margin. Vernation lines parallel to the midvein are often visible - a very unusual characteristic. The fruit is 6–15 cm long, and roughly conical. A central plug drops out at maturity, releasing the winged seeds to be dispersed by wind. The fruit of Cariniana may be distinguished from those of Couratari, as the former have longitudinal ridges, whereas the latter bears a single calyx-derived ring near the fruit apex.[4][5]
Species
[edit]19 species are accepted.[6][1]
- Couratari asterophora Rizzini - Brazil (Bahia)
- Couratari asterotricha Prance - Brazil (Espírito Santo)
- Couratari atrovinosa Prance - Brazil (Amazonas)
- Couratari calycina Sandwith - Guyana, French Guiana
- Couratari gloriosa Sandwith - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname
- Couratari guianensis Aubl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Amapá, Pará)
- Couratari longipedicellata W.A.Rodrigues - Brazil (Amazonas)
- Couratari macrosperma A.C.Sm. - Southern Peru, Bolivia (Pando), Brazil (Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Pará, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Mato Grosso)
- Couratari multiflora Eyma - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Maranhão), Venezuela (Bolívar, Mérida, Delta Amacuro)
- Couratari oblongifolia Ducke & R.Knuth - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Pará, Goiás, Maranhão, Roraima)
- Couratari oligantha A.C.Sm. - Guyana, Vaupés, Peru, Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Amapá)
- Couratari prancei W.A.Rodrigues - Brazil (Acre)
- Couratari pyramidata (Vell.) R.Knuth - Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
- Couratari riparia Sandwith - Guyana
- Couratari sandwithii Prance - Venezuela (Bolívar), Suriname
- Couratari scottmorii Prance - Costa Rica, Panama
- Couratari stellata A.C.Sm. - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Amazonas, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia (Vaupés)
- Couratari tauari O.Berg - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)
- Couratari tenuicarpa A.C.Sm. - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia), Venezuela (Bolívar), Peru (Loreto), Suriname
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 723–724, t. 290.
- ↑ Tropicos, Couratari Aubl.
- ↑ Mori, S.A. & G. T. Prance. 1990. Lecythidaceae–Part II. The zygomorphic–flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(2): 1–376.
- ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- ↑ "Couratari Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 October 2025.