Cariniana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Lecythidoideae
Genus: Cariniana
Species: C. estrellensis – C. legalis – C. pyriformis
Name

Cariniana Casar.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cariniana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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]

Cariniana domestica - Brazil, Bolivia
Cariniana estrellensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru
Cariniana ianeirensis - Brazil, Bolivia
Cariniana legalis - E Brazil
Cariniana micrantha - W Brazil
Cariniana parvifolia - Espírito Santo, Brazil
Cariniana penduliflora - Rondônia, Brazil
Cariniana pyriformis - Colombia, Venezuela
Cariniana rubra - Brazil

Formerly included

(moved to other genera: Allantoma, Couratari)

C. decandra - Allantoma decandra
C. integrifolia - Allantoma integrifolia
C. kuhlmannii - Allantoma kuhlmannii
C. multiflora - Allantoma pluriflora
C. pachyantha - Allantoma pachyantha
C. paraensis - Couratari guianensis
C. pauciramosa - Allantoma pauciramosa
C. uaupensis - Allantoma uaupensis

References

"Cariniana Casar., Nov. Stirp. Bras. 4: 35 (1842)". Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
Casaretto, Giovanni. 1842. Novarum Stirpium Brasiliensium Decades 4: 35–36
Tropicos, Cariniana Casar.
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.
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
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
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.
Richter, H.G., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2000 onwards. Cariniana spp. Archived 21 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Commercial Timbers. Version: 25 June 2009.