Scottmoria rimbachii

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: Scottmoria
Species: Scottmoria rimbachii

Name

Scottmoria rimbachii (Standl.) Cornejo, Harvard Pap. Bot. 29(1): 175 (2024)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Eschweilera rimbachii Standl., Trop. Woods 42: 31 (1935), as 'Eschweilera Rimbachii'
    • Type: A. Rimbach 47 (in fruit, 1931; Lectotype: F [​V0061897F (677029)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Mori & Prance 1991: 191]; Isolectotypes: A 00105984^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, CAS [CAS00124094^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}], F [​V0061896F (677045)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], WIS [​WIS00000795MAD (Yale No. 20740)^{(GBIF, IRHN, JSTOR)}, ex Y]).
    • Type locality: ECUADOR. Foot of western cordillera, in moist forest.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1935. New Trees and Shrubs from Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. Tropical Woods 42: 22–33. Journal numbers 41–44 (PDF). Reference page. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• Celis, M.,  Eschweilera%20rimbachii. In: Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. 2015. Cátalogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. ISBN 978-958-775-726-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 1).  Accessed: 9 December 2022. Reference page. 
• Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Online. Reference page. 
• Mori, S.A. & Prance, G.T. 1990. Lecythidaceae, Part 2. The Zygomorphic-Flowered New World Genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis), With a Study of Secondary Xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(2): 1–373. JSTOR . World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eschweilera rimbachii. Accessed: 2025 November 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Scottmoria rimbachii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Scottmoria rimbachii. Published online. Accessed: 19 November 2025. Reference page.
• IUCN: Eschweilera rimbachii Standl. (Least Concern) - Assessed by C. Lopez-Gallego & P.A. Morales M. on 23 May 2022.

Vernacular names

• español: Angua de Mono