Gustavia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Genus
- Gustavia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Gustavia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Gustavia (plant)
Gustavia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae described by Linnaeus in 1775. It is native to tropical Central America and South America. Many of the species are threatened; some are critically endangered 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. Gustavia flowers have numerous stamens, in some species as many as 1,200 in a single flower.
The genus name was given by Linnaeus to honor his king, Gustav III of Sweden.
...Gustavia in languages:
- Thai
- กัสตาเวีย
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Gustavia acuminata
- Gustavia angustifolia
- Gustavia augusta
- Gustavia brachycarpa
- Gustavia coriacea
- Gustavia dodsonii
- Gustavia dubia
- Gustavia elliptica
- Gustavia erythrocarpa
- Gustavia excelsa
- Gustavia flagellata
- Gustavia fosteri
- Gustavia gentryi
- Gustavia gigantophylla
- Gustavia gracillima
- Gustavia gracillipes
- Gustavia grandibracteata
- Gustavia hexapetala
- Gustavia hubbardiorum
- Gustavia inakuama
- Gustavia johnclarkii
- Gustavia latifolia
- Gustavia longepetiolata
- Gustavia longifolia
- Gustavia longifuniculata
- Gustavia macarenensis
- Gustavia monocaulis
- Gustavia nana
- Gustavia occidentalis
- Gustavia parviflora
- Gustavia paucisperma
- Gustavia petiolata
- Gustavia poeppigiana
- Gustavia pubescens
- Gustavia pulchra
- Gustavia romeroi
- Gustavia santanderiensis
- Gustavia serrata
- Gustavia sessilis
- Gustavia speciosa
- Gustavia superba
- Gustavia tejerae
- Gustavia terminaliflora
- Gustavia verticillata






























































































































































