Couroupita
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Couroupita | |
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Couroupita guianensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
Genus: | Couroupita Aubl. |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Couroupita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1775.[2][3] It is native to tropical South America and Central America.[1]
- Species[1]
- Couroupita guianensis - Cannonball tree -Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador east to Amapá and south to Bolivia; naturalized in the West Indies as well as in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Andaman & Nicobar
- Couroupita nicaraguarensis – Bala de cañón, coco de mono, paraíso, zapote de mico, or zapote de mono -Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
- Couroupita subsessilis - northern Brazil, northern Peru
References
External links
Media related to Couroupita at Wikimedia Commons
- Couroupita on The Lecythidaceae PagesError: "Q159309" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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