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Taxon: Family Lecythidaceae A.Rich. (1825), nom. cons. - Brazil-nut family (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  A. Rich., in J.B.G.M. Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1825, nom. cons., orth. corr.
Original name:  Rich., A. 1825. In J.B.G.M. Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 9, [25 Feb] 1825: 269. [Lecythideae].
Subsequent spelling: 
Subsequent publication:  Poit., 1825. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 143.

Attributes

Corrected termination of typified name (: orth. corr.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 18.1 (family)] Ref: J.L. Reveal, 2010. Phytotaxa 6: 91. [implicit]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. Int. Code Bot. Nomencl. (Tokyo Code): App. IIB (p. 108: "Poit.").

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon: Lecythidoideae (Subfamily) (A.Rich.) DC. (1833)
Type: Lecythis (Genus) Loefl. (1758) Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 108).

Synonyms

Including: Barringtoniaceae (Family) DC. ex F.Rudolphi (1830), nom. cons. Ref: 1981
Including: Napoleonaceae (Family) Ref: 1981
Including: Scytopetalaceae (Family) Engl. (1897), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 473, 937.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Brazil-nut family
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