Guaiania
| Guaiania | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae |
| Genus: | Guaiania O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick |
Guaiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae. It includes five species native to northern and northeastern Brazil, the Guianas, and Venezuela.[1]
The species in Guaiania constitute the former Corrugata clade of genus Lecythis. Vargas et al. published a phylogenetic study in 2024 which concluded that Lecythis was polyphyletic, and the authors proposed new or revived genera, including Guaiania, for the paraphyletic sections of Lecythis.[2]
Species
[edit]19 species are accepted.[1]
- Guaiania confertiflora (A.C.Sm.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Guaiania corrugata (Poit.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Guaiania idatimon (Aubl.) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Guaiania persistens (Sagot) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
- Guaiania pneumatophora (S.A.Mori) O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Guaiania O.M.Vargas & C.W.Dick". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Oscar M. Vargas, Drew A. Larson, Juvenal Batista, Xavier Cornejo, Bruno Garcia Luize, Diana Medellín-Zabala, Michel Ribeiro, Nathan P. Smith, Stephen A. Smith, Alberto Vicentini, and Christopher W. Dick "Reclassification of the Bertholletia Clade of the Brazil Nut Family (Lecythidaceae) Based on a Phylogenetic Analysis of Plastome and Target Sequence Capture Data," Harvard Papers in Botany 29(1), 159-179, (30 June 2024). https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v29iss1.2024.n18
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