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etymology · silvajunior2005cerrado
- Citation
- silvajunior2005cerrado
- Claim ID
- etymology
- Assertion
- The genus name Copaifera is a Latinisation of the Tupi word kopa'iwa, meaning 'resin tree'. The species epithet langsdorffii honours the German-Austrian physician and botanist G.H. von Langsdorff. The common name Copaíba also derives from Tupi and means 'resin tree'.
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- page: 204
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