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Lecythidaceae - large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins

dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales - Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae

genus Grias, Grias - anchovy pear tree

Bertholletia, genus Bertholletia - brazil nut

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6 2 Ocotea glomerata (Nees) Mez 1 1 LECYTHIDACEAE Eschweilera ovata (Cambess.) Miers.

Dynamics of natural regeneration in the understory of Pinus caribaea Morelet. var. caribaea in Biological Reserve Saltinho, Tamandare--PE/ Dinamica da regeneracao natural no sub-bosque de Pinus caribaea Morelet. var. caribaea na Reserva Biologica de Saltinho, Tamandare--PE

The collective investigations of Lecythidaceae conducted by Prance, Mon, and collaborators (e.g., Mon & Prance, 1990) during three decades serve as an ideal example of how the discovery stage contributes to significant improvements in our knowledge.

Is the Neotropical flora ready for the PhyloCode?

Ocotea velloziana 2 NP ZOO EM (Meisn.) Mez Lecythidaceae Cariniana 1 NP ANE) EA estrellensis (Raddi) QA Kuntze (SP Malvaceae Guazuma ulmifolia 1 P ZOO El Lam.

Floristic and successional characterization as a support for conservation and management of PNMCBio, Sorocaba/SP/Composicao floristica e caracterizacao sucessional como subsidio para conservacao e manejo do PNMCBio, Sorocaba--SP

Seed predation of Cariniana micrantha (Lecythidaceae) by brown capuchin monkeys in Central Amazonia.

Behavioral flexibility of a group of bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) in the National Park of Brasilia (Brazil): consequences of cohabitation with visitors/ Flexibilidade comportamental de um grupo de macacos-prego (Cebus libidinosus) no Parque Nacional de Brasilia (Brasil): consequencias da convivencia com os visitantes

Burseraceae 0.64 Symphonia globulifera Clusiaceae 1.17 Couratari guianensis Lecythidaceae 4.25 Species Relative * Relative * abundance frequency Virola koschnyi 2.12 8.75 Peltogyne purpurea 1.36 5.75 Copaifera camibar 1.24 4.75 Protium spp.

A mast fruiting episode of the tropical tree Peltogyne purpurea (Caesalpinaceae) in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Das zentrifugale Androeceum von Couroupita guianensis (Lecythidaceae).

Morphology and angiosperm systematics in the Molecular era

The family Lecythidaceae is composed of medium size trees, occurring in tropical rain forests, especially in the neotropical region.

Accelerated laboratory test of three Amazonian wood species called tauari, exposed to white- and brown-rot fungi and color response according to CIE [L.sup.*][A.sup.*][B.sup.*] system/ Ensaio acelerado de laboratorio de tres especies de madeiras da amazonia chamadas de tauari, expostas aos fungos de podridao-branca e parda e resposta colorimetrica de acordo com o sistema CIE [L.sup.*][A.sup.*][B.sup.*]

Peres y Baider (1997) en trabajos realizados en Brazil con Bertholletia excelsa (Lecythidaceae), encontraron que en areas donde se cosecho madera fue virtualmente imposible volver hallar plantulas y latizales, lo cual demuestra que algunas especies no vuelven al sistema si son severamente danadas o si la perturbacion causada por la extraccion de madera es frecuente.

Estructura de una poblacion del arbol Peltogyne purpurea (Cesalpinaceae) en un bosque intervenido de la Peninsula de Osa, Costa Rica

Review of The Embryology, Reproductive Morphology, and Systematics of Lecythidaceae, by C.-H.

William Campbell Dickison: a biographical tribute and bibliography

As familias verificadas nesse estadio sucessional foram Anacardiaceae, Lecythidaceae, Melastomataceae, Moraceae, Myrsinaceae, Myrtaceae, Rubiaceae, Sapindaceae, Siparunaceae e Urticaceae.

Soil fauna in successional dynamics of Atlantic forest in semi-deciduous seasonal forest in the basin of river 'Paraiba do Sul', Rio de Janeiro state/Fauna edafica na dinamica sucessional da Mata Atlantica em floresta estacional semidecidual na bacia do rio Paraiba do Sul--RJ

Promise and problems in applying quantitative complementary areas for representing the diversity of some neotropical plants (families Dichapetalaceae, Lecythidaceae, Caryocaraceae, Chrysobalanaceae and Proteaceac).

Plant evolution and endemism in Andean South America: an introduction

Tambien existe en esta seccion de la parcela una alta densidad de arboles de Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae).

Distribucion, mortalidad y asociacion con plantas, de nidos de Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la isla de Barro Colorado, Panama