Eschweilera alba R.Knuth, Repert., 2022

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 495

[703] Eschweilera grandiflora (Aubl.) Sandwith

( Fig. 28D )

Kew Bull. 10 (3): 472 [ 20 Dec. 1955] (Sandwith 1955). — Lecythis grandiflora Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 712 [ Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775).

Eschweilera alba R.Knuth, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 115 (Knuth 1935).

Eschweilera fracta R.Knuth, Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.219a (Heft 105): 110 [ 22 Aug. 1939] (Knuth 1939).

NOTE. — Hyperdominant in Amazonia ( ter Steege et al. 2020) .

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: avun-purubumna • Wp: mani’i • Nt: luabi • Br: castanharana, matamatá-rósea.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 43 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.B. Aublet s.n. (lecto-, BM[BM000953843] designated by Mori et al. [1990: 216]).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 146 trees in 47 plots; Fmax = 2.3 %; dbhinv = 55.5 cm.

Figures

FIG. 28. — Lecythidaceae:A, Couratari calycinaSandwith; B, Couratari stellata A.C.Sm.(D.Sabatier & J.-F. Molino 5340); C, Couroupita guianensis Aubl.;D, Esch- weilera grandiflora (Aubl.) Sandwith (M.-F. Prévost & D. Sabatier 4826). © D. Sabatier/IRD.