Species of tree
Aspidosperma macrocarpon
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Asterids
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Order:
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Gentianales
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Family:
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Apocynaceae
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Genus:
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Aspidosperma
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Species:
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A. macrocarpon
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Binomial name
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Aspidosperma macrocarpon
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Synonyms[1]
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- Aspidosperma macrocarpon var. normale Müll.Arg.
- Macaglia macrocarpa (Mart.) Kuntze
- Aspidosperma gardneri Müll.Arg.
- Aspidosperma platyphyllum Müll.Arg.
- Aspidosperma verbascifolium Müll.Arg.
- Macaglia gardneri (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Macaglia platyphylla (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Macaglia verbascifolia (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Macaglia lanata Kuntze
- Aspidosperma duckei Huber 1910
- Aspidosperma duckei Huber ex Ducke 1922 not Huber 1910
- Aspidosperma lanatum (Kuntze) Malme
- Aspidosperma snethlagei Markgr.
- Aspidosperma lecointei Record ex Milanez
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Aspidosperma macrocarpon is a timber tree native to Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru.[1] It is common in Cerrado vegetation. It has a self-supporting growth form with simple, broad leaves. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and it is useful for beekeeping.[2][3][4] Individual plants can grow up to 25 m.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
- ^ Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
- ^ Morokawa, R. & al. (2013). Apocynaceae s. str. do Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 64: 179-199.