Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.

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 : 492

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a26

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7873395

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C71879E-FF30-FAD3-FC2B-5411FC63FA13

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scientific name

Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.
status

 

[684] Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl. View in CoL View at ENA

Pl. Aequinoct. [Humboldt & Bonpland] 1 (5): 122 [Apr. 1807] (Bonpland 1807).

Barthollesia excelsa Silva Manso, Enum. Subst. Braz. View in CoL : 45 (Silva Manso 1836), orth. var.

Bertholletia nobilis Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London View in CoL 30 (2): 197 (Miers 1874).

NOTE. — Probably not native to French Guiana, where it is mainly found as a cultivated tree. However, three wild individuals collected near pre-Columbian archaeological sites are indicative of naturalization.

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Ka: totoka, tutukaa • Te: tɨtɨkö uhu • Wp: yã • Wn: tutukë • Nt: ingi noto • Cr: touka • Fr: noix de Pará, noix du Brésil • Br: castanha-do-Pará (fruit), castanheira (tree).

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 4 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: B. Dutrève 569.

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 2 trees in 2 plots; Fmax <1 %; dbhinv = 20.3 cm.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Lecythidaceae

Genus

Bertholletia

Loc

Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.

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
2022
Loc

Bertholletia nobilis Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London

Miers 1874: 197
1874
Loc

Barthollesia excelsa Silva Manso, Enum. Subst. Braz.

Silva Manso 1836: 45
1836
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