Guaiania idatimon

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

Guaiania idatimon (Aubl.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick, Harvard Pap. Bot. 29: 171 (2024)

Basionym
- Lecythis idatimon Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 721 (1775)
Homotypic
- Chytroma idatimon (Aubl.) Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 239 (1874).
- Eschweilera idatimon (Aubl.) Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 40 (1892).
Heterotypic
- Lecythis amara Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 716 (1775).
- Lecythis lutea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 721 (1775).
- Chytroma amara (Aubl.) Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 231 (1874).
- Eschweilera lutea (Aubl.) Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 254 (1874).
- Eschweilera amara (Aubl.) Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 40 (1892)

Lecythis idatimon DC. ex O.Berg = Eschweilera ovata (Cambess.) Mart. ex Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 257 (1874).

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

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.

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: 721
Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. 1979. Lecythidaceae Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(I).

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Guaiania idatimon 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. Guaiania idatimon. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 17 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Guaiania idatimon. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 01. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Guaiania idatimon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 July 2025. Reference page.