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Lecythidaceae

Known as: Brazil nut family 
A plant family of the order Lecythidales, subclass Dilleniidae, class Magnoliopsida.
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
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… Expand
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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… Expand
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2007
2007
Evolution of Lecythidaceae with an emphasis on the circumscription of neotropical genera: information from combined ndhF and trnL-F sequence data.
The Lecythidaceae comprise a pantropical family best known for the edible seeds of the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) and the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Survival and development of different life stages of Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae) reared at five constant temperatures compared to other fruit fly species.
is native from India where it was firstrecorded in Bengal (Kapoor, 1993). It is present in numerouscountries of tropical Asia… Expand
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2004
2004
Genetics of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.: Lecythidaceae)
SummaryHere we report the results of a mating system analysis of an Amazonian population of Bertholletia excelsa, a tropical rain… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
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… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
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… Expand
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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)
Abstract Estimates of the total number of arthropod species in existence are based, in part, upon assumptions about both the host… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Phylogenetic relationships of Lecythidaceae: a cladistic analysis using rbcL sequence and morphological data.
This study examined in detail the rbcL sequence and morphological support for subfamilial relationships and monophyly of… Expand
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1980
1980
Intrafloral Pollen Differentiation in the New World Lecythidaceae, Subfamily Lecythidoideae
Floral biology, pollen germination, and scanning electron microscopy studies have indicated different types of pollen within the… Expand
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