Couroupita

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Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Unassigned Asterids
Ordo: Ericales
Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Couroupita
Species: C. guianensis - C. nicaraguarensis - C. subsessilis

[edit] Name

Couroupita Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 708. t. 282. 1775.

[edit] Synonyms

• Pontopidana Scop., Introd. 195. Jan-Apr 1777.

[edit] Notes

The following names are sometimes seen, all stated without evidence. †C. ovata - †C. santanderensis - †C. tertiaria

[edit] References

• Berry, E.W. 1936. Miocene plants from Colombia, South America. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 63(2):53-66.

• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Oct 01 [1].

• Hollick, A. and E. W. Berry 1924. A Late Tertiary flora from Bahia, Brazil. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 5:11-137.

• Paleobiology Database. Accessed 2009 Nov 02 [2].