Pachylecythis

Pachylecythis pisonis

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: Pachylecythis
Species: P. ampla – P. lanceolata – P. marcgraaviana – P. pisonis – P. zabucajo

Name

Pachylecythis Ledoux, Lecointea 2: 2 (1964)

• Type species: Pachylecythis egleri Ledoux, Lecointea 2: 2 (1964) [= P. pisonis (Cambess.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago [introduced]. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central [fide POWO], Brazil Northeast (Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande de Norte), Brazil Southeast (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Brazil North (Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Pará, Rondônia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional 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.  [see pp. 166–167]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pachylecythis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Pachylecythis. Published online. Accessed: 17 November 2025. Reference page.
• Smith, N.P. 2025. Lecythis. In: Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 21 November 2025.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Pachylecythis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 November 2025. Reference page.