Grias
Grias | |
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Grias neuberthii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Subfamily: | Lecythidoideae
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Genus: | Grias L. |
Type species | |
Grias cauliflora |
Grias is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae, described by Linnaeus in 1759.[1][2] It is native to northwestern South America, Central America, and Jamaica.[3]
They are small to medium-sized
broad lanceolate, very large, up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long, with an entire or waved margin. The flowers are creamy white to yellow, with four petals; they are cauliflorous, produced in clusters on the trunk and stouter branches. The fruit is 6–15 cm (2.4–5.9 in) long, with a fleshy coat; it is edible in several species.[4][5][6]
Grias neuberthii extracts show in vitro activity against human cancer cells.[7]
- Accepted species[3]
- Grias angustipetala - Ecuador
- Grias cauliflora - Anchovy pear - Central America, Jamaica, Colombia
- Grias colombiana - Colombia
- Grias ecuadorica - Ecuador
- Grias haughtii - Colombia
- Grias longirachis - Ecuador
- Grias multinervia - Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
- Grias neuberthii - Sachamangua - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
- Grias peruviana - Sachamangua - Ecuador, Peru
- Grias purpuripetala - Colombia [8]
- Grias subbullata - Ecuador
- Grias theobromicarpa - Pichincha
References
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1075 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Grias L.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- ^ Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
- ^ Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
- PMID 32328120.
- ^ Mori, Scott, J. García-González, S. Angel & C. Alvarado. Grias purpuripetala (Lecythidaceae), a new purple-flowered species from southern Colombia. Britonnia 62, 2010/06/01, pp. 105-109
External links
- Field Museum: Grias photos Archived 2004-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Field Museum Herbarium: Grias photos