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Imbiriba alvimii

Eschweilera alvimii

Imbiriba alvimii
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0
Family
Lecythidaceae (Brazil-nut family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Imbiriba alvimii is a species of flowering plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is a tree endemic to Bahia state in northeastern Brazil, where it grows in moist Atlantic Forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The species was first described as Eschweilera alvimii by Scott Alan Mori in 1981. In 2024 Oscar Mauricio Vargas, Michel Ribeiro, and Christopher W. Dick placed the species in the newly-described genus Imbiriba as I. alvimii.

Other Eschweilera plants

Eschweilera atropetiolata · Eschweilera baguensis · Eschweilera beebei · Eschweilera bogotensis · Bolten Eschweilera · Eschweilera carinata · Eschweilera coriacea · Eschweilera cyathiformis · Eschweilera fanshawei · Eschweilera integricalyx · Jicarillo · Eschweilera obversa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Imbiriba alvimii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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