Lauraceae
Ocotea

Ocotea complicata (Meisn.) Mez

First published in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 247 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Bahia to Espírito Santo). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Mouzinho Barbosa, T.D., Batista Baitello, J. & Rodrigues de Morales, P.L. (2012). A família Lauraceae Juss. no municípo de Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitão, n.s., 30: 1-178.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Assis, L.C.S. & de Mello-Silva, R. (2010). Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in the Ocotea indecora Group (Lauraceae). Novon 20: 377-380. [Cited as Ocotea fasciculata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mouzinho Barbosa, T.D., Batista Baitello, J. & Rodrigues de Morales, P.L. (2012). A família Lauraceae Juss. no municípo de Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitão, n.s., 30: 1-178.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0