Copaifera langsdorffii Desfontaines (1821: 377)

Rauber, Cristiane Ritter, Lima, Laura Cristina Pires, Caxambu, Marcelo Galeazzi & Temponi, Lívia Godinho, 2021, Synopsis of Leguminosae from Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 501 (2), pp. 245-280 : 255

13. Copaifera langsdorffii Desfontaines (1821: 377) . ( Fig. 3I )

Distribution: Common in Brazil and Paraguay, reported from Guyana, possibly extending to Peru ( Dwyer 1951), it is found in all regions of Brazil but in the North only in Tocantins and Rondônia ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul and Foz do Iguaçu areas.

Reproductive period: It flowers between November and February and fruits predominantly from May to October ( Souza & Sanches 2016). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found with fruits in March and June.

Diagnostic characteristics: Trees with pinnate leaves easily recognized by their translucent dots on the leaflets, apetalous flowers and orbicular fruit with one seed having a fleshy, orangish aril.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul, 29 June 2017, (fr.), E.L. Siqueira 2223 ( HCF, HUCP); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 23 March 2017, (fr.), E.L. Siqueira 2110 ( EVB, FURB, HCF) .

Figures

FIGURE 3. A: Abarema langsdorffii, inflorescence; B and C: Apuleia leiocarpa: B: flower; C. gynoecium; D: Bauhinia forficata, branch with inflorescence; E: Bauhinia longifolia, inflorescence; F: Centrosema virginianum, flower G: Chamaecrista nictitans, branch with inflorescence; H: Cochliasanthus caracalla, fruit; I: Copaifera langsdorffii, branch with fruit; J: Cyclolobium brasiliense, branch with fruit.