Ocotea guianensis

Ocotea guianensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Ocotea
Species: Ocotea guianensis

Name

Ocotea guianensis Aubl., 1775

Synonyms

• Gymnobalanus guianensis (Aubl.) Nees, Syst. Laurin. 482 (1836)
• Laurus ocotea Rich., Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 1: 108 (1792)
• Laurus surca Willd. ex Nees, Syst. Laurin. 478 (1836)
• Ocotea guianensis var. aurea (Meisn.) R.Knuth
• Ocotea guianensis var. subsericea Kosterm.
• Oreodaphne guianensis (Aubl.) Nees, Linnaea, 21: 516 (1848)
• Oreodaphne guianensis var. argentea Meisn.
• Oreodaphne guianensis var. aurea Meisn.
• Persea argentea Spreng., Syst. 2: 269 (1825)
• Porostema guianensis (Aubl.) Forsyth f.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: South America Regional: Northern South America Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Guainía, Magdalena, Santander, Valle); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Merida, Tachira, Zulia) Regional: Western South America Peru; Bolivia (La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz) Regional: Brazil N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 2. Pp. 622–976, tabl. 1–52, misc. 1–160. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 2: 781

Additional references

• Moraes, P.L.R. de 2012. The Lauraceae collected in Brazil by Ludwig Riedel - II Ocotea. Harvard Papers in Botany 17(2): 245–273. DOI: 10.3100/025.017.0205 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela. 859 pp., Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ocotea guianensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ocotea guianensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ocotea guianensis. Published online. Accessed: June 24 2022.

Vernacular names

français: feuille d’argent
português: louro-branco, louro-seda

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