CITATION — REFERENCE ENTRY
100 árvores do Cerrado: guia de campo — Rede de Sementes do Cerrado
- Key
- souzajunior2005cerrado
- Authors
- Souza Júnior, Manoel Cláudio da Silva
- Issued
- 2005
- Type
- book
- Publisher
- Rede de Sementes do Cerrado
- Publisher place
- Brasília, DF
- Edition
- 1
Raw CSL JSON
{
"ISBN": "85-7238-158-9",
"type": "book",
"title": "100 árvores do Cerrado: guia de campo",
"author": [
{
"given": "Manoel Cláudio da Silva",
"family": "Souza Júnior"
}
],
"issued": {
"date-parts": [
[
2005
]
]
},
"edition": "1",
"publisher": "Rede de Sementes do Cerrado",
"number-of-pages": "278",
"publisher-place": "Brasília, DF"
}
Claims
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In the Cerrado of the Federal District, the species occurs at average densities below one tree per hectare in 10-ha plots of stricto sensu Cerrado. It is present in the states CE, GO, MA, MG, MS, MT, PA, PR, SP, and TO.
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The genus name Copaifera derives from the Tupi word kopa'iwa, meaning 'resin tree'. The species epithet langsdorffii honours the German-Russian physician and botanist G.H. von Langsdorff. The common name copaíba means 'resin tree' in Tupi.
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Leaflets are elliptic to oblong, up to 8 cm long and 4 cm wide, with obtuse or rounded apices and asymmetric bases, brochidodromous venation, and a prominent midrib on both surfaces. Flowers up to 0.5 cm in diameter with five free cream-coloured petals. Fruits ovoid, up to 5 cm in diameter, brown when ripe. Seeds black, up to 2 cm long, with an orange aril that attracts dispersing birds; one seed per fruit.
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Leaf flush occurs from July to September; flowering from September to March; pollination by small insects; fruiting from May to October; dispersal by birds. Seeds number 1,700–2,200 per kg, can be stored for 4 years at 5°C, and have a germination rate of 85–95% in 17–40 days.
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