Licaria

Licaria is a flowering plant genus in the family Lauraceae, native to Central America and South America. It is a Neotropical genus with around 80 species.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLaurales
FamilyLauraceae

Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1,242
With media: 576
Family: Lauraceae
Collections: ECOSUR, FC-UNAM, FCB-BUAP, CAS, NY, IBUNAM
Recorded in: Mexico, Brazil, Brasil, Guyana

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Lauraceae
Image: Licaria triandra.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Licaria
taxon name: Licaria
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6814
taxon common name: licaria

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Licaria is a flowering plant genus in the family Lauraceae, native to Central America and South America. It is a Neotropical genus with around 80 species.

==Overview== Licaria is a Neotropical genus consisting of about 80 species distributed from southern Florida, Mexico to the south of Brazil and Bolivia. In Brazil, the occurrence of 20 species and two subspecies, mostly in the Amazon region (Kurz 2000). These trees have a resilient wood, useful as timber, for construction and as firewood.

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