Lecythis lanceolata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status = LR/cd

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Pires O'Brien, J. |date=1998 |title=Lecythis lanceolata |volume=1998 |page=e.T35586A9936931 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35586A9936931.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

|genus = Lecythis

|species = lanceolata

|authority = Poir.

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Lecythis lanceolata is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae of the order Ericales. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion in southeast Brazil, where is known as sapucaia-mirim. It was described by Jean Louis Marie Poiret in 1804.{{cite web |title=Lecythis lanceolata Poir.|url=https://beta.ipni.org/n/597275-1|website=ipni.org |publisher=International Plant Names Index|access-date=2018-11-18}}

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