Uma revisão da distribuição de Ocotea curucutuensis J.B. Baitello na região sudeste do Brasil

Abstract

This analysis presents a revised distribution for Ocotea curucutuensis J.B. Baitello in southeastern Brazil. Because of its strong similarity with Ocotea spixiana (Nees) Mez this species remained unrecognized for over a hundred years after the first collection by A.

Ocotea Aubl. (Lauraceae) no Núcleo Curucutu, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

“…Em Paraty foi encontrada em baixa altitude ca. 60 m (Arzolla et al 2009). Na área de estudo esta espécie é comum nas matas baixas nebulares associadas a campos montanos.…”

Leaf venation of Ocotea species (Lauraceae) from Bahia, Brazil

“…Glaziou 12122 , L1804507; also LE, P01989905, P01989906, P01989908). However, Glaziou’s collection belongs to O. curucutuensis Baitello (2001; see Arzolla et al, 2009), which occurs in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states. Quinet and Andreata (2002) described the leaves of O .…”

Ecological Wood Anatomy of Ocotea Curucutuensis

“…Ocotea curucutuensis Baitello occurs in the Atlantic Forest and is distributed in the mountains of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro States. The species has been confused with O. spixiana (Nees) Mez and has remained unknown for over a hundred years, since the first collection by Glaziou in 1888 (Arzolla et al 2009). Ocotea curucutuensis was first published in 2001 (Baitello 2001), but its wood is here described for the first time.…”