They are exemplified by Caryocar microcarpum, Caraipa densifolia ssp. densifolia, Macrolobium acaciaefolium, Abuta grandfolia, and Panopsis rubescens. From Wordnik.com. [Guayanan Highlands moist forests] Reference
Along the blackwater Rio Nanay corridor in Peru, a distinct flora is found with Symmeria, Mollia, and Caryocar microcarpum although not known elsewhere on the terra firme. From Wordnik.com. [Napo moist forests] Reference
The campos rupestres are marked mainly by cerrado patches with sparse treelets and shrubs with thick bark including Qualea cordata, Q. parviflora, Byrsonima verbascifolia, Neea theifera, Caryocar brasiliense, Campomanesia adamantium, and C. pubescens. From Wordnik.com. [Campos Rupestres montane savanna] Reference
Firma, that came from Demerara laden with the fruit of the Caryocar tomentosum, which is the Pekea tuberculosa of Aublet. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
No commercial advantage is here made of the igua; but I saw vessels arrive on the coast of Terra Firma, that came from Demerara laden with the fruit of the Caryocar tomentosum, which is the Pekea tuberculosa of Aublet. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
Around the conucos of Pimichin grows, in its wild state, the igua, a tree resembling the Caryocar nuciferum which is cultivated in Dutch and French Guiana, and which, with the almendron of Mariquita (Caryocar amygdaliferum), the juvia of the. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
Caryocar nuciferum which is cultivated in Dutch and French Guiana, and which, with the almendron of Mariquita (Caryocar amygdaliferum), the juvia of the Esmeralda (Bertholletia excelsa), and the Geoffroea of the Amazon, yields the finest almonds of all South America. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
Nevertheless, these forests host large trees such as Apuleia molaris, Bagassa guianensis, Caryocar villosum, Hymenaea parvifolia, Tetragastris altissima, Astronium graveolens, A. le-cointei, Apuleia leiocarpa var. molaris, Sapium marmieri, Acacia polyphylla, and Elizabetha sp. From Wordnik.com. [Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests] Reference
The diversity of the trees and plant life in general, is enormous, being dominant large trees such as Caryniana pyriformis, Caryocar glabrum, Caryocar amygdaliferum, Miroxylon balsamum, Ochroma lagopus, Anacardium excelsum, Hymenea courbaril, Schyzolobium parahybum, Ceiba pentandra, Cedrela odorata, Tabebuia rosea, Cordia gerascanthus and many more. From Wordnik.com. [Magdalena-Urabá moist forests] Reference
Distinctive species include the following, plants: Caryocar brasiliense, Qualea grandiflora, Byrsonima coccolobifolia, and Tabebuia ochracea; birds: lesser nothura (Nothura minor), dwarf tinamou (Taoniscus nanus), blue-eyed ground-dove (Columbina cyanopis), white-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus candicans), Brasília tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis), and cinereous warbling-finch (Poospiza cinerea); mammals: the candango mouse (Juscelinomys candango), cerrado mouse (Thalpomys cerradensis), Lindbergh's grass mouse (Akodon lindberghi), pygmy short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis kunsi), giant armadillo (Priodontes naximus), and the maned wolf (Chrysoicyon brachyurus); and lizards: Tropidurus itambere, Tropidurus oreadicus, and Tupinambis duseni. From Wordnik.com. [Cerrado] Reference
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