Aspidosperma macrocarpon

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
  • 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

Aspidosperma macrocarpon is a timber tree native to Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru. 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. Individual plants can grow up to 25 m.

Illustration showing leaves, buds and flowers.

References

  1. 1 2 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.