Corythophora Explained

Corythophora is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1939.^{[1] [2]} It is native to northeastern South America (French Guiana, Suriname, northern Brazil).^[3]

Species^{[3] [4] [5]}

1. Corythophora alta R.Knuth - Pará, Amazonas
2. Corythophora amapaensis Pires ex S.A.Mori & Prance - French Guiana, Amapá
3. Corythophora labriculata (Eyma) S.A.Mori & Prance - Suriname
4. Corythophora rimosa W.A.Rodrigues - French Guiana, Amazonas, Amapá, Suriname

Notes and References

1. Knuth, Reinhard Gustav Paul. 1939. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 219a(Heft 105): 50, f. 10
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40014979 Tropicos, Corythophora R. Knuth
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=313646 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Mori, S.A. & G. T. Prance. 1990. Lecythidaceae–Part II. The zygomorphic–flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(2): 1–376.
5. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584