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Lauraceae

Ocotea

Ocotea glauca (Nees & Mart.) Mez

First published in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 362 (1889)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Brazil (Bahia to Rio de Janeiro). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

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Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

Homotypic Synonyms

Mespilodaphne glauca (Nees & Mart.) Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 97 (1864)
Oreodaphne glauca Nees & Mart. in Linnaea 8: 42 (1833)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Myginda brasiliensis Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 496 (1824)
Mespilodaphne glauca var. virescens Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 98 (1864)
Ocotea brevithyrsus Mez in Arbeiten Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau 1: 123 (1892)
Ocotea glauca var. virescens (Meisn.) Mez in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 362 (1889)
Ocotea sylvatica (Meisn.) Mez in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 320 (1889)
Oreodaphne sellowii Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 133 (1864)
Oreodaphne sylvatica Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(2): 228 (1866)
Rhamnus coriacea Willd. ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 768 (1824), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Rhamnus integrifolia Spreng. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 97 (1864), pro syn.

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Laurales

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Family
Lauraceae

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Genus
Ocotea

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Species
Ocotea glauca

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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.
de Moraes, P.L.R. (2008 publ. 2009). The Lauraceous collections of Friedrich Sellow. Komarovia 6(1): 1-67.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
de Moraes, P.L.R. (2008 publ. 2009). The Lauraceous collections of Friedrich Sellow. Komarovia 6(1): 1-67.

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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