Transcript An EMu based electronic monograph of the Brazil nut

AN EMu BASED ELECTRONIC
MONOGRAPH OF THE
BRAZIL NUT FAMILY
Scott A. Mori
Nathaniel Lord Britton
Curator of Botany
THE BRAZIL NUT TREE
seed harvest
Photo: A. Berkov
Bertholletia excelsa
largest seed in can of mixed nuts
A species with
actinomorphic flowers
Gustavia monocaulis
A species with
zygomorphic flowers
Lecythis persistens
subsp. aurantiaca
SPECIES
PAGES
01. AUTHORS
02. CORRECT NAME
03. SYNONYMS
04. TYPES
05. DESCRIPTION
06. COMMON NAMES
07. DISTRIBUTION
08. ECOLOGY
09. PHENOLOGY
10. POLLINATION
11. DISPERSAL
12. PREDATION
13. FIELD CHARACTERS
14. TAXONOMIC NOTES
15. ETYMOLOGY
16 CONSERVATION
17. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
18. SOURCE
Grias subbullata
Cornejo & S. A. Mori
(flower structure difficult to study)
ANDROECIA OF TWO
SPECIES OF GRIAS
Grias purpuripetala
Grias neuberthii
FLORAL FEATURES EASILY
OBSERVED FROM IMAGES
OF LIVING PLANTS
ELECTRONIC KEY FROM THE LECYTHIDACEAE PAGES
(prepared using Lucid 3)
select pachycaul
CHARACTERS
CHARACTERS USED
TAXA
TAXA ELIMINATED
If a term is not understood, the icon to the left of the check box is
clicked to see a definition of the term.
LINK TO
GLOSSARY
provides definition and
images illustrating
the term
THE GENUS HAS BEEN KEYED OUT TO GRIAS
confirm determination by clicking
on icon next to Grias
THE GENUS PAGE FOR
GRIAS APPEARS
click to
enlarge
DOES EMu ONLY MAP TO SPECIES?
subsp. corrugata
subsp. rosea
both subspecies of Lecythis corrugata have the same online map
MISLEADING DISTRIBUTION OF A LICHEN
NOT ALL OF THE 800 COLLECTIONS OF THIS SPECIES ARE MAPPED
SEARCHES ARE CALLED OUT IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
AND DUPLICATES REPEATED
IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS NEED MORE SPACE IF POSSIBLE
GENERATE SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS
AND PREPARE KEYS
DATABASE
MODULE
GENERATES
DESCRIPTION
KEYS BASED
ON
DESCRIPTION
MOST RECENT
CLADOGRAM
OF NEOTROPICAL
LECYTHIS
By
Huang et al., 2011
ALREADY IN THE
CLOUD
XAVIER CORNEJO
NATE SMITH
BUILD UPON WHAT
HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED