Aspidosperma macrocarpon

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.

Aspidosperma macrocarpon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Aspidosperma
Species:
A. macrocarpon
Binomial name
Aspidosperma macrocarpon
Synonyms[1]
  • 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

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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.
  3. Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  4. 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.


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