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Gustavia
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
45 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Membrillo
speciesGustavia superba
Gustavia augusta
speciesGustavia augusta
Gustavia angustifolia
speciesGustavia angustifolia
Gustavia hexapetala
speciesGustavia hexapetala
Gustavia nana
speciesGustavia nana
Gustavia longifolia
speciesGustavia longifolia
Gustavia speciosa
speciesGustavia speciosa
Gustavia macarenensis
speciesGustavia macarenensis
Gustavia gracillima
speciesGustavia gracillima
Gustavia poeppigiana
speciesGustavia poeppigiana
Gustavia verticillata
speciesGustavia verticillata
Gustavia montana
speciesGustavia montana
Gustavia grandibracteata
speciesGustavia grandibracteata
Gustavia romeroi
speciesGustavia romeroi
Gustavia gentryi
speciesGustavia gentryi
Gustavia brachycarpa
speciesGustavia brachycarpa
Gustavia excelsa
speciesGustavia excelsa
Gustavia dubia
speciesGustavia dubia
Gustavia santanderiensis
speciesGustavia santanderiensis
Gustavia johnclarkii
speciesGustavia johnclarkii
Gustavia pubescens
speciesGustavia pubescens
Gustavia dodsonii
speciesGustavia dodsonii
Gustavia fosteri
speciesGustavia fosteri
Gustavia serrata
speciesGustavia serrata
Gustavia monocaulis
speciesGustavia monocaulis
Gustavia hubbardiorum
speciesGustavia hubbardiorum
Gustavia longifuniculata
speciesGustavia longifuniculata
Gustavia latifolia
speciesGustavia latifolia
Gustavia sessilis
speciesGustavia sessilis
Gustavia flagellata
speciesGustavia flagellata
Gustavia inakuama
speciesGustavia inakuama
Gustavia parviflora
speciesGustavia parviflora
Gustavia paucisperma
speciesGustavia paucisperma
Gustavia pulchra
speciesGustavia pulchra
Gustavia tejerae
speciesGustavia tejerae
Gustavia terminaliflora
speciesGustavia terminaliflora
Gustavia gigantophylla
speciesGustavia gigantophylla
Gustavia coriacea
speciesGustavia coriacea
Gustavia gracillipes
speciesGustavia gracillipes
Gustavia petiolata
speciesGustavia petiolata
Gustavia occidentalis
speciesGustavia occidentalis
Gustavia longepetiolata
speciesGustavia longepetiolata
Gustavia erythrocarpa
speciesGustavia erythrocarpa
Gustavia elliptica
speciesGustavia elliptica
Gustavia acuminata
speciesGustavia acuminata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 185569.