Couratari

Couratari guianensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Couratari
Species: C. asterophora – C. asterotricha – C. atrovinosa – C. calycina – C. gloriosa – C. guianensis – C. longipedicellata – C. macrosperma – C. multiflora – C. oblongifolia – C. oligantha – C. prancei – C. pyramidata – C. riparia – C. sandwithii – C. scottmorii – C. stellata – C. tauari – C. tenuicarpa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Couratari in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 29. Reference page.

Name

Couratari Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 723, t. 290. (1775)

• Type species: Couratari guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 724, t. 290. (1775)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Curatari J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 1039 (1792), orth. var.
  • Lecythopsis Schrank, Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 7: 241 (1821).
  • Couratari Cambess. in A.F.C.de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 379 (1833).
  • Couratori Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 193 (1843), orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional:Central America Costa Rica, Panamá Regional:Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 2: 723].

Additional references

• Mori, S.A., Smith, N.P., Huang, Y.-Y., Prance, G.T., Kelley, L.M., & Matos, C.C. 2015. Towards a phylogenetic-based generic classification of neotropical Lecythidaceae - II. Status of Allantoma, Cariniana, Couratari, Coroupita, Grias and Guastavia. Phytotaxa 203: 122–137. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.203.2.2 Full text PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Couratari in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Couratari. 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 June 29. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Couratari. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 June 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Couratari. Published online. Accessed: June 29 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Couratari in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Tauari (timber)

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