Biology:Cariniana

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Short description: Genus of plants

Cariniana
Cariniana legalis 1000.jpg
Cariniana legalis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Subfamily: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Cariniana
Casar.
Synonyms[1]

Amphoricarpus Spruce ex Miers

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]

Species[1]


Formerly included

(moved to other genera: Allantoma, Couratari)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cariniana Casar., Nov. Stirp. Bras. 4: 35 (1842)". Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=313614. Retrieved 19 August 2020. 
  2. Casaretto, Giovanni. 1842. Novarum Stirpium Brasiliensium Decades 4: 35–36
  3. Tropicos, Cariniana Casar.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. Richter, H.G., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2000 onwards. Cariniana spp. Commercial Timbers. Version: 25 June 2009.

Wikidata ☰ Q2709975 entry