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Lecythidaceae - Brazil-nut family
Barringtoniaceae
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Fernandes, A. (1978) Barringtoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Germain, R. (1963) Scytopetalaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X 320-331
Liben, L. (1971) Lecythidaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Mori, S. A. & Prance, G. T. (2006 onwards) The Lecythidaceae Pages (http://sweetgum.nybg.org/lp/index.html). The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
Prance, G.T. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2015) A revision of African Lecythidaceae Kew Bulletin 70(6) 1-68
Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (2000) The European Garden Flora. Vol. VI. Dicotyledons (Part IV). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Description of the family
Trees or shrubs. Stipules 0 or caducous. Leaves simple, alternate or clustered at branch apices. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic, solitary or in spikes, clusters or racemes. Sepals usually 4-6. Petals usually 4-6, ± free. Stamens many in several whorls, often arranged on one side of the flower. Ovary inferior, 2-6-locular. Fruit a berry or woody capsule, indehiscent or dehiscent by a lid (circumscissile). Comment: 2 species occurring naturally in the Flora Zambesiaca region Worldwide: 20 genera and 285 species in the tropics, mainly South American rain forests. Mozambique: 1 cultivated genus and 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Flora of Zambia: Lecythidaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Lecythidaceae
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LecythidaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lecythidaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lecythidaceae
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lecythidaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Lecythidaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lecythidaceae
Wikipedia: Lecythidaceae
Plants of the World Online: Lecythidaceae
Tropicos: Lecythidaceae
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