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Gustavia romeroi

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Gustavia romeroi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Gustavia
Species:
G. romeroi
Binomial name
Gustavia romeroi
S.A.Mori & García-Barr.

Gustavia romeroi (common name coco hediondo) is a rainforest tree native to the Magdalena River Basin of Colombia. It belongs to the family Lecythidaceae. [1] [2] The flowers have as many as eighteen petals.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mori, S., & García-Barriga, H. (1975). A new colombian species of Lecythidaceae. Caldasia, 51-54.
  2. ^ Vargas-Daza, A. M., Betancurt-Grisales, J. F., Castaño-Villa, G. J., & Fontúrbel, F. E. (2023). The importance of old secondary forests for understory birds in the tropical Andes. Global Ecology and Conservation, 47, e02658.