Corythophora species in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/26/2025).
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Corythophora species in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/26/2025).
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| Corythophora | |
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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: | Corythophora R.Knuth |
Corythophora is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1939.[1][2] It is native to northeastern South America (French Guiana, Suriname, northern Brazil).[3]
- Corythophora alta R.Knuth - Pará, Amazonas
- Corythophora amapaensis Pires ex S.A.Mori & Prance - French Guiana, Amapá
- Corythophora labriculata (Eyma) S.A.Mori & Prance - Suriname
- Corythophora rimosa W.A.Rodrigues - French Guiana, Amazonas, Amapá, Suriname
References
[edit]- ^ Knuth, Reinhard Gustav Paul. 1939. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 219a(Heft 105): 50, f. 10
- ^ Tropicos, Corythophora R. Knuth
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Mori, S.A. & G. T. Prance. 1990. Lecythidaceae–Part II. The zygomorphic–flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(2): 1–376.
- ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
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