Grias

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: Grias
Species: G. cauliflora – G. neuberthii – G. peruviana
Name

Grias L.
References

Grias is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae, described by Linnaeus in 1759.[1][2] It is native to northwestern South America, Central America, and Jamaica.[3]

They are small to medium-sized trees, growing to 5–15 m tall. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, broad lanceolate, very large, up to 1 m long, with an entire or waved margin. The flowers are creamy white to yellow, with four petals; they are cauliflorous, produced in clusters on the trunk and stouter branches. The fruit is 6–15 cm long, with a fleshy coat; it is edible in several species.[4][5][6]

Accepted species[3]

Grias angustipetala - Ecuador
Grias cauliflora - Anchovy pear - Central America, Jamaica, Colombia
Grias colombiana - Colombia
Grias ecuadorica - Ecuador
Grias haughtii - Colombia
Grias longirachis - Ecuador
Grias multinervia - Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
Grias neuberthii - Sachamangua - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Grias peruviana - Sachamangua - Ecuador, Peru
Grias purpuripetala - Colombia [7]
Grias subbullata - Ecuador
Grias theobromicarpa - Pichincha

References

Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1075 in Latin
Tropicos, Grias L.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
Mori, Scott, J. García-González, S. Angel & C. Alvarado. Grias purpuripetala (Lecythidaceae), a new purple-flowered species from southern Colombia. Britonnia 62, 2010/06/01, pp. 105-109