Couroupita

Couroupita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical South America and Central America.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderEricales
FamilyLecythidaceae

Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname

Observations recorded5,374

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 41
With media: 19
Family: Lecythidaceae
Collections: CAS, VT, INECOL, USNM, MO, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
Recorded in: United States, Dominica, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brasil, Venezuela

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Lecythidaceae
Image: Naglingam (Couroupita guianensis) flower in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 6609.jpg

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taxon name: Couroupita
Commons category: Couroupita
topic's main category: Category:Couroupita
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3010
taxon common name: 炮弹树属

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Couroupita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical South America and Central America. Species Couroupita guianensis - Cannonball tree -Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador east to Amapá and south to Bolivia; naturalized in the West Indies as well as in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Andaman & Nicobar Couroupita nicaraguarensis – Bala de cañón, coco de mono, paraíso, zapote de mico, or zapote de mono -Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama Couroupita subsessilis - northern Brazil, northern Peru

==References==

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