Gustavia (plant)

Gustavia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae described by Linnaeus in 1775. It is native to tropical Central America and South America. Many of the species are threatened; some are critically endangered 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. Gustavia flowers have numerous stamens, in some species as many as 1,200 in a single flower.

The genus name was given by Linnaeus to honor his king, Gustav III of Sweden.

Species
List of species within the genus: • # Gustavia acuminata - S Venezuela, Roraima

• # Gustavia angustifolia - Colombia, Ecuador

• # Gustavia augusta - Colombia to Amapá and Bolivia

• # Gustavia brachycarpa - Costa Rica, Panama

• # Gustavia coriacea - V Amazonas

• # Gustavia dodsonii - Ecuador

• # Gustavia dubia - Colombia, Panama

• # Gustavia elliptica - N Brazil

• # Gustavia erythrocarpa - Pará

• # Gustavia excelsa - Colombia

• # Gustavia flagellata - N Venezuela

• # Gustavia foliosa - Colombia, Ecuador

• # Gustavia fosteri - Panama

• # Gustavia gentryi - Colombia

• # Gustavia gigantophylla - E Venezuela, Guyana

• # Gustavia gracillima - Colombia

• # Gustavia gracillipes - Colombia

• # Gustavia grandibracteata - Colombia, Panama

• # Gustavia hexapetala - Colombia to Amapá and Bolivia

• # Gustavia inakuama - Peru

• # Gustavia latifolia - Colombia

• # Gustavia longepetiolata - Pará

• # Gustavia longifolia - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil

• # Gustavia longifuniculata - Colombia

• # Gustavia marcarenensis - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

• # Gustavia monocaulis - Colombia, Panama

• # Gustavia nana - Colombia, Panama

• # Gustavia occidentalis - Valle del Cauca

• # Gustavia parviflora - Venezuela

• # Gustavia petiolata - Colombia

• # Gustavia poepiggiana - Colombia to Guyana and Bolivia

• # Gustavia pubescens - Ecuador

• # Gustavia pulchra - S Venezuela, N Brazil

• # Gustavia romeroi - Colombia

• # Gustavia santanderiensis - Colombia

• # Gustavia serrata - Ecuador

• # Gustavia sessilis - Colombia

• # Gustavia speciosa - Colombia, Ecuador

• # Gustavia superba - Colombia, Panama, Ecuador

• # Gustavia tejerae - Zulia

• # Gustavia terminaliflora - N Peru

• # Gustavia verticillata - Colombia, Panama