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Genus of flowering plants
Gustavia is a genus of
flowering plants in the family
Lecythidaceae described by Linnaeus in 1775.
[3]
[4] It is native to
tropical Central America and
South America.
[2] Many of the species are
threatened; some are
critically endangered
[5]
Gustavia superba, though, is actually abundant in re-growing
secondary forests. It grows in northern South America, from
Panama south through the
Andes as far as
Ecuador, and along the
Caribbean coast and in the
Amazon basin.
[5] Gustavia flowers have numerous stamens, in some species as many as 1,200 in a single flower.
[6]
The genus name was given by Linnaeus to honor his king,
Gustav III of Sweden.
List of species within the genus:
[2]
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Gustavia acuminata - S Venezuela,
Roraima
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Gustavia angustifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
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Gustavia augusta - Colombia to
Amapá and
Bolivia
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Gustavia brachycarpa - Costa Rica, Panama
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Gustavia coriacea -
V Amazonas
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Gustavia dodsonii - Ecuador
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Gustavia dubia - Colombia, Panama
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Gustavia elliptica - N Brazil
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Gustavia erythrocarpa -
Pará
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Gustavia excelsa - Colombia
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Gustavia flagellata - N Venezuela
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Gustavia foliosa - Colombia, Ecuador
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Gustavia fosteri - Panama
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Gustavia gentryi - Colombia
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Gustavia gigantophylla - E Venezuela, Guyana
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Gustavia gracillima - Colombia
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Gustavia gracillipes - Colombia
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Gustavia grandibracteata - Colombia, Panama
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Gustavia hexapetala - Colombia to
Amapá and
Bolivia
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Gustavia inakuama - Peru
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Gustavia latifolia - Colombia
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Gustavia longepetiolata -
Pará
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Gustavia longifolia - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
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Gustavia longifuniculata - Colombia
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Gustavia marcarenensis - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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Gustavia monocaulis - Colombia, Panama
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Gustavia nana - Colombia, Panama
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Gustavia occidentalis -
Valle del Cauca
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Gustavia parviflora - Venezuela
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Gustavia petiolata - Colombia
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Gustavia poepiggiana - Colombia to
Guyana and
Bolivia
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Gustavia pubescens - Ecuador
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Gustavia pulchra - S Venezuela, N Brazil
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Gustavia romeroi - Colombia
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Gustavia santanderiensis - Colombia
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Gustavia serrata - Ecuador
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Gustavia sessilis - Colombia
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Gustavia speciosa - Colombia, Ecuador
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Gustavia superba - Colombia, Panama, Ecuador
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Gustavia tejerae -
Zulia
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Gustavia terminaliflora - N Peru
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Gustavia verticillata - Colombia, Panama