Lecythidaceae

Known as: Brazil nut family 
A plant family of the order Lecythidales, subclass Dilleniidae, class Magnoliopsida.
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2014
2014
A revision of African Lecythidaceae
This is a revision of all the African species of Lecythidaceae s.l. Representatives of all four subfamilies occur in Africa. A… (More)
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2011
2011
Anti-Arthritic Activity of Bartogenic Acid Isolated from Fruits of Barringtonia racemosa Roxb. (Lecythidaceae)
The fruits of Barringtonia racemosa are prescribed in the ayurvedic literature for the treatment of pain, inflammation and… (More)
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2008
2008
Additional notes on the floral biology of neotropical Lecythidaceae
Observations on the floral biology of seven species of New World Lecythidaceae, including the first report of bat pollination for… (More)
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2007
2007
Floral organogenesis and floral evolution of the Lecythidoideae (Lecythidaceae).
The subfamily Lecythidoideae of Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut family) is a dominant group in neotropical forests, especially those of… (More)
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2007
2007
A search for phylogenetically informative wood characters within Lecythidaceae s.l.
The wood structure of 71 species representing 24 genera of the pantropical Lecythidaceae s.l., including the edible Brazil nuts… (More)
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2003
2003
Patterns and relative rates of nucleotide and insertion/deletion evolution at six chloroplast intergenic regions in new world species of the Lecythidaceae.
Insertions and deletions (indels) in chloroplast noncoding regions are common genetic markers to estimate population structure… (More)
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2003
2003
REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY AND POLLINATION OF THE BRAZIL NUT TREE ( Bertholletia excelsa HUMB . & BONPL . LECYTHIDACEAE ) IN EASTERN AMAZONIA
The brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl. Lecythidaceae) is an economically important fruit tree, endemic to the… (More)
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1999
1999
Host utilization of the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae) by sympatric wood-boring species of Palame (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Acanthocinini)☆
Estimates of the total number of arthropod species in existence are based, in part, upon assumptions about both the host… (More)
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1988
1988
Genetics of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.: Lecythidaceae)
We provide an estimate of genetic variation within and between two populations of Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut), a large… (More)
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1988
1988
Genetics of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.: Lecythidaceae)
Here we report the results of a mating system analysis of an Amazonian population of Bertholletia excelsa, a tropical rain forest… (More)
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