Chytroma lurida

Chytroma lurida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Chytroma
Species: Chytroma lurida

Name

Chytroma lurida (Miers) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick, Harvard Pap. Bot. 29: 168 (2024)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Eschweilera lurida Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 262 (1874)
• Homotypic
  • Lecythis lurida (Miers) S.A.Mori, Brittonia 33: 362 (1981)
• Heterotypic
  • Eschweilera serrulata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 250 (1874).
  • Chytroma jarana Huber, Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 6: 209 (1910), nom. nud.
  • Holopyxidium jarana Huber ex Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 152 (1925).
  • Eschweilera jarana (Huber ex Ducke) Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 5: 177 (1930).
  • Eschweilera jarana var. latifolia Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 5: 178 (1930).
  • Lecythis jarana (Huber ex Ducke) A.C.Sm., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60: 381 (1933).
  • Lecythis jarana var. latifolia (Ducke) A.C.Sm., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60: 381 (1933).
  • Holopyxidium latifolium (Ducke) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 72 (1939).
  • Eschweilera rhodogonoclada Rizzini & A.Mattos, Anais Acad. Brasil. Ci. 40: 233 (1968).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vargas, O.M., Larson, D.A., Batista, J., Cornejo, X., Luize, B.G., Medellín-Zabala, D., Ribeiro, M., Smith, N.P., Smith, S.A., Vicentini, A. & Dick, C.W. 2024. Reclassification of the Bertholletia Clade of the Brazil Nut Family (Lecythidaceae) Based on a Phylogenetic Analysis of Plastome and Target Sequence Capture Data. Harvard Papers in Botany 29(1): 159–179. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v29iss1.2024.n18 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Chytroma lurida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Chytroma lurida. Published online. Accessed: July 01 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Chytroma lurida. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Chytroma lurida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 July 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

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