Gustavia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae described by Linnaeus in 1775.[3][4] It is native to tropical Central America and South America.[2] Many of the species are threatened; some are critically endangered[5] Gustavia superba, though, is actually abundant in re-growing secondary forests. It grows in northern South America, from Panama south through the Andes as far as Ecuador, and along the Caribbean coast and in the Amazon basin.[5] Gustavia flowers have numerous stamens, in some species as many as 1,200 in a single flower.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
| Genus: | Gustavia L. |
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The genus name was given by Linnaeus to honor his king, Gustav III of Sweden.
Species
editList of species within the genus:[2]
- Gustavia acuminata - S Venezuela, Roraima
- Gustavia angustifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
- Gustavia augusta - Colombia to Amapá and Bolivia
- Gustavia brachycarpa - Costa Rica, Panama
- Gustavia coriacea - V Amazonas
- Gustavia dodsonii - Ecuador
- Gustavia dubia - Colombia, Panama
- Gustavia elliptica - N Brazil
- Gustavia erythrocarpa - Pará
- Gustavia excelsa - Colombia
- Gustavia flagellata - N Venezuela
- Gustavia foliosa - Colombia, Ecuador
- Gustavia fosteri - Panama
- Gustavia gentryi - Colombia
- Gustavia gigantophylla - E Venezuela, Guyana
- Gustavia gracillima - Colombia
- Gustavia gracillipes - Colombia
- Gustavia grandibracteata - Colombia, Panama
- Gustavia hexapetala - Colombia to Amapá and Bolivia
- Gustavia inakuama - Peru
- Gustavia latifolia - Colombia
- Gustavia longepetiolata - Pará
- Gustavia longifolia - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
- Gustavia longifuniculata - Colombia
- Gustavia marcarenensis - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
- Gustavia monocaulis - Colombia, Panama
- Gustavia nana - Colombia, Panama
- Gustavia occidentalis - Valle del Cauca
- Gustavia parviflora - Venezuela
- Gustavia petiolata - Colombia
- Gustavia poepiggiana - Colombia to Guyana and Bolivia
- Gustavia pubescens - Ecuador
- Gustavia pulchra - S Venezuela, N Brazil
- Gustavia romeroi - Colombia
- Gustavia santanderiensis - Colombia
- Gustavia serrata - Ecuador
- Gustavia sessilis - Colombia
- Gustavia speciosa - Colombia, Ecuador
- Gustavia superba - Colombia, Panama, Ecuador
- Gustavia tejerae - Zulia
- Gustavia terminaliflora - N Peru
- Gustavia verticillata - Colombia, Panama
References
edit- ^ illustration circa 1880 from William Botting Hemsley (1843-1924) - Biologia Centrali-Americana vol. 5 Botany. Plates tabl. 22
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1775. Plantae Surinamenses 12, 17, 18 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos Gustavia L.
- ^ a b Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. (1979). Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(I):
- ^ Prance, Ghillean T.; Mori, Scott (1979). "Lecythidaceae -Part 1". Flora Neotropica. 21 (1): 54.
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