Cariniana is a genus of trees in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1842.[2][3] The entire genus is native to South America.[1] Many are of importance for timber production.[4][5][6][7] Species of this genus may be known commonly as jequitibá.[8]
| Cariniana | |
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| Cariniana legalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
| Genus: | Cariniana Casar. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amphoricarpus Spruce ex Miers | |
- Species[1]
- Cariniana domestica - Brazil, Bolivia
- Cariniana estrellensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru
- Cariniana ianeirensis - Brazil, Bolivia
- Cariniana legalis - E Brazil
- Cariniana micrantha - W Brazil
- Cariniana parvifolia - Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Cariniana penduliflora - Rondônia, Brazil
- Cariniana pyriformis - Colombia, Venezuela
- Cariniana rubra - Brazil
- Formerly included
(moved to other genera: Allantoma, Couratari)
- C. decandra - Allantoma decandra
- C. integrifolia - Allantoma integrifolia
- C. kuhlmannii - Allantoma kuhlmannii
- C. multiflora - Allantoma pluriflora
- C. pachyantha - Allantoma pachyantha
- C. paraensis - Couratari guianensis
- C. pauciramosa - Allantoma pauciramosa
- C. uaupensis - Allantoma uaupensis
References
edit- ^ a b c "Cariniana Casar., Nov. Stirp. Bras. 4: 35 (1842)". Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Casaretto, Giovanni. 1842. Novarum Stirpium Brasiliensium Decades 4: 35–36
- ^ Tropicos, Cariniana Casar.
- ^ Killeen, T. J., E. García Estigarribia & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 1993. Guía de Árboles de Bolivia 1–958. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia & Missouri Botanical Garden, Edit. Quipus srl., La Paz.
- ^ Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. Rapid Assessment Program Working Papers 10: 1–372
- ^ Justiniano, M. J. & T. Fredericksen. 1998. Cariniana ianeirensis (Lecythidaceae) a new record for Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botánica 2(1): 70–74
- ^ Prance, G. T. & S.A. Mori. 1979. Lecythidaceae–Part I. The actinomorphic–flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma, & Cariniana). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21: 1–270.
- ^ Richter, H.G., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2000 onwards. Cariniana spp. Archived 21 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Commercial Timbers. Version: 25 June 2009.
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