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    The Lecythidaceae (/ˌlɛsɪθɪˈdeɪʃiː/ LESS-ith-ih-DAY-shee) comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical...
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    Brazil nut (category Lecythidaceae)
    Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible...
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    Couroupita guianensis (category Lecythidaceae)
    cannonball tree, is a deciduous tree in the flowering plant family Lecythidaceae. It is native to lowland tropical rainforests of Central and South America...
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    Barringtonia neocaledonica is a tree in the Brazil nut family Lecythidaceae which is endemic to New Caledonia. Barringtonia neocaledonica is a small tree...
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    Petersianthus quadrialatus (category Lecythidaceae)
    Philippine rosewood) is an emergent tropical rainforest tree species in the Lecythidaceae family. In the Visayas region called kapullan, in the Samar and Leyte...
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    placed in subclass Dilleniidae. This order included only the family Lecythidaceae, which family now (in the APG II system) is placed in the order Ericales...
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    collector. He specialized in the systematics and ecology of neotropical Lecythidaceae and Amazonian and Guianian floristics. Mori graduated in 1964 with a...
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    Prior to European settlement, the Caribbean was dominated by forested ecosystems. The insular Caribbean has been considered a biodiversity hotspot. Although...
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  • This is a list of plants found in the wild in Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil. The estimates from useful plants suggested that there are 800 plant...
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    is closely related to the Brazil nut, both belonging to the family Lecythidaceae and having coconut-sized fruits. The tree's large woody gourd-like fruits...
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    Flora" p. 26". Retrieved 2007-04-04. Flora Neotropica Volume 21 Part 1 (Lecythidaceae) (August 1979) p, 160. Jessop, John (1981). Flora of Central Australia...
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  • of plants: Gustavia fosteri, a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae Gustavia superba, another species in the genus Gustavia Quince fruit...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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    Foetidia (category Lecythidaceae)
    described as a genus in 1788. Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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    often found near rivers or marshes in large colonies. It belongs to the Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut) family. The edible nuts grow clumped together in large...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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  • Thumbnail for Flora of Minas Gerais
    Brazil has great forests. Minas Gerais, Brazil's central state, larger domain is the tropical forest. Within it there are many types of plants. Separated...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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    its relationship to seed dispersal in subfamily Lecythidoideae of the Lecythidaceae (The Brazil Nut Family)." Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica. Vol...
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    and blueberry family) Family Fouquieriaceae (ocotillo family) Family Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut family) Family Marcgraviaceae Family Mitrastemonaceae Family...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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    Lecythis (category Lecythidaceae stubs)
    Lecythis (/ˈlɛsɪθɪs/ LESS-ith-iss) is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1758. It is native to Central America...
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  • The Comoro Islands are an island group in the western Indian Ocean which are home to dozens endemic plants. The World Geographical Scheme for Recording...
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    Balsaminaceae Marcgraviaceae Tetrameristaceae Fouquieriaceae Polemoniaceae Lecythidaceae Sladeniaceae Pentaphylacaceae Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Primulaceae Theaceae...
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  • This is a partial list of the endangered flora of Brazil as listed under an act published in Portaria 37-N de 3 de abril de 1992 (Act No 37-N on April...
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  • Brazzeia longipedicellata (category Lecythidaceae)
    Brazzeia longipedicellata is a species of plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Makerere...
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