![]() For example, as the names of species of the Brazil nut family become known, and information is made available about how to identify these species, more in depth studies about their distribution, pollination, dispersal, habitat preferences, and their relationships with other species such as predators become possible. Knowing the names of things is said to be the first step in acquiring knowledge, and this is especially true for learning about and understanding the ecology and evolution of the living world. (1997) has already been published and others are in progress and will be added to this site as they are published. We will include keys to species (not yet available), web pages for the Neotropical species (all names and synonyms are in the database but all fields in the records are not yet populated), and copies of papers that have been written about the systematics, economic botany, habitats, pollination, dispersal biology, anatomy and morphology, and molecular biology of the family. The long-term goal of this website is to provide in a single location all of the information that we and our collaborators have accumulated on the taxonomy and biology of the Brazil nut family. Although all tropical plant families have such adaptations, they are especially easy to identify in this family because of the large size of the flowers and fruits and adaptations for pollination by bees and bats and dispersal by animals, the wind, and water are easily seen. Species of the family possess numerous flower and fruit features that reflect adaptations for pollination and dispersal. Lecythidaceae are found as far north as Mexico and as far south as Paraguay, but are not nearly as abundant or species rich as in the Amazon. (2006) show that Lecythidaceae are the third most abundant family as calculated from a sample of 277,069 trees from across Amazonia and that Eschweilera, the genus with the most species in Lecythidaceae, is represented by more trees than is any other genus of plants in Amazonia. ![]() ![]() They are also ecologically dominant species in Amazonian forests, for example, Steege et al. Neotropical Lecythidaceae are among the most spectacular plants in the world because of their showy flowers and large woody fruits.
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