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Description
Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology: Most abundant in moist evergreen forests .[1].
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
()
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Copaifera Salikounda Sensu Auct. • Copaifera salikounda sensu Kennedy • Copaifera sp. aff. salikounda J. Leonard
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Copaifera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. guyanensis (Copaiba) · C. langsdorffii (Langsdorf's Copaifera) · C. langsdorffii var. langsdorffii (Copaiba) · C. langsdorffii var. laxa (Copaiba) · C. langsdorfii (Langsdorf's Copaifera) · C. lansdorffii (Langsdorf's Copaifera) · C. lansdorfii (Langsdorf's Copaifera) · C. martii (Copaiba) · C. mildbraedii (Andem Evine) · C. multijuga (Copahiba) · C. officinalis (Amacey) · C. panamensis (Cabimo) · C. reticulata (Copaiba) · C. reticulata var. reticulata (Brazilian Copaiba)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 713.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 713.
- Catalogue of the library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University / compiled under the direction of Charles Sprague Sargent by Ethelyn Maria Tucker. Cambridge: Printed at the Cosmos Press, 1914-1933. url p. 329.
- Conservation and sustainable management of trees, report of the first regional workshop, held at Jameson Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe 9-11 July, 1996 WCMC url p. 94.
- Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria CITES url p. 40, p. 436, p. 7.
- Pre-project study on the conservation status of tropical timbers in trade. Final report to International Tropical Timber Organization. Vol 1 ITTO url p. 100, p. 117, p. 39, p. 54, p. 86.
- The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 347, p. 376.
- Tree species evaluation using the new CITES Listing Criteria CITES url p. 46, p. 6.
- West African forests and forestry / London: T.F. Unwin, ltd., [1920] url , , .
- West African forests and forestry, by A. Harold Unwin. .. with 110 illustrations by the author. London, T. F. Unwin, ltd.[1920] url p. 11, p. 46, p. 99.
Notes
Contributors
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3906148
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-715
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13640553
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487043-1
- IUCN ID: 201808
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 429113
Footnotes
- African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe) 1998. Copaifera salikounda. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
