Caryodendron

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Caryodendreae
Genus: Caryodendron
Species: C. amazonicum – C. angustifolium – C. janeirense – C. orinocense
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Caryodendron in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 08. Reference page.

Name

Caryodendron H.Karst., 1860

Type species: Caryodendron orinocense H. Karst.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Centrodiscus Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(2): 325 (1874).

References
Primary references

Karsten, H. 1859–1861. Florae Columbiae : terrarumque adiacentium specimina selecta in peregrinatione duodecim annorum observata. Tom. I, 200 pp., tt. I–C. Apud Ferdinandi Duemmleri successores, Berolini [Berlin]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 91.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Caryodendron in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Caryodendron. Published online. Accessed: Jun 08 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Caryodendron in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 08. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Caryodendron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 08.

Vernacular names

Caryodendron is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1860.[2][3] The genus includes C. orinocense, known as the Inchi tree or Tacay nut. It is native to Central America and South America.[1][4][5][6][7] They are dioecious trees.[8]

Species[1]

Caryodendron amazonicum Ducke - Amazonas in Brazil
Caryodendron angustifolium Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
Caryodendron janeirense Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
Caryodendron orinocense H.Karst - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Karsten, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann. 1860. Florae Columbiae terraumque adjacentium specimina selecta in peregrinatione duodecim annorum observata delineavit et descripsit 1: 91-92 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
Tropicos
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Burger, W.C. & M.J. Huft. 1995. Family 113. Euphorbiaceae. En: W. C. Burger (ed.), Flora Costaricensis. Fieldiana, Botany, n.s. 36: 1–169.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144
Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Malpighiales. Germany, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.