Gustavia

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: Gustavia
Sectiones: G. sect. Grandibracteata – G. sect. Gustavia – G. sect. Hexapetala

Species: G. acuminata – G. augusta – G. dodsonii – G. erythrocarpa – G. excelsa – G. foliosa – G. fosteri – G. gracillima – G. latifolia – G. longepetiolata – G. longifuniculata – G. macarenensis – G. monocaulis – G. petiolata – G. pubescens – G. santanderiensis – G. serrata – G. sessilis – G. speciosa – G. superba – G. verticillata
Name

Gustavia L., Pl. Surinam. 12, 17, 18. t. [s.n.]. 1775, nom. cons.
Type species: G. augusta L.

References

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Oct 01 [1].
Linnaeus, C. (1775) Pl. Surinam. 12, 17, 18. t. [s.n.].

Gustavia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae described by Linnaeus in 1775.[3][4] It is native to tropical Central America and South America.[2] Many of the species are threatened; some are critically endangered[5] Gustavia superba, though, is actually abundant in re-growing secondary forests. It grows in northern South America, from Panama south through the Andes as far as Ecuador, and along the Caribbean coast and in the Amazon basin.[5] Gustavia flowers have numerous stamens, in some species as many as 1,200 in a single flower.[6]

The genus name was given by Linnaeus to honor his king, Gustav III of Sweden.
Species

List of species within the genus:[2]

Gustavia acuminata - S Venezuela, Roraima
Gustavia angustifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
Gustavia augusta - Colombia to Amapá and Bolivia
Gustavia brachycarpa - Costa Rica, Panama
Gustavia coriacea - V Amazonas
Gustavia dodsonii - Ecuador
Gustavia dubia - Colombia, Panama
Gustavia elliptica - N Brazil
Gustavia erythrocarpa - Pará
Gustavia excelsa - Colombia
Gustavia flagellata - N Venezuela
Gustavia foliosa - Colombia, Ecuador
Gustavia fosteri - Panama
Gustavia gentryi - Colombia
Gustavia gigantophylla - E Venezuela, Guyana
Gustavia gracillima - Colombia
Gustavia gracillipes - Colombia
Gustavia grandibracteata - Colombia, Panama
Gustavia hexapetala - Colombia to Amapá and Bolivia
Gustavia inakuama - Peru
Gustavia latifolia - Colombia
Gustavia longepetiolata - Pará
Gustavia longifolia - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
Gustavia longifuniculata - Colombia
Gustavia marcarenensis - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Gustavia monocaulis - Colombia, Panama
Gustavia nana - Colombia, Panama
Gustavia occidentalis - Valle del Cauca
Gustavia parviflora - Venezuela
Gustavia petiolata - Colombia
Gustavia poepiggiana - Colombia to Guyana and Bolivia
Gustavia pubescens - Ecuador
Gustavia pulchra - S Venezuela, N Brazil
Gustavia romeroi - Colombia
Gustavia santanderiensis - Colombia
Gustavia serrata - Ecuador
Gustavia sessilis - Colombia
Gustavia speciosa - Colombia, Ecuador
Gustavia superba - Colombia, Panama, Ecuador
Gustavia tejerae - Zulia
Gustavia terminaliflora - N Peru
Gustavia verticillata - Colombia, Panama

References

illustration circa 1880 from William Botting Hemsley (1843-1924) - Biologia Centrali-Americana vol. 5 Botany. Plates tabl. 22
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1775. Plantae Surinamenses 12, 17, 18 in Latin
Tropicos Gustavia L.
Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. (1979). Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(I):
Prance, Ghillean T.; Mori, Scott (1979). "Lecythidaceae -Part 1". Flora Neotropica. 21 (1): 54.