Morphology and architectural analysis of Copaifera pubiflora seedlings (Detarioideae, Leguminosae)

Abstract

Copaifera L. is a woody legume genus with 42 species (LPWG, 2021), which are more commonly known as copaibas and produce valuable terpenoid oleoresins used in folk and modern medicine, cosmetic, and other chemistry-related activities (e.g., Plowden, 2003;Trindade et al., 2018). Predominantly Neotropical, Copaifera is most diverse in Brazil with 28 species (LPWG, 2021). The current circumscription of Copaifera also encompasses nine extra-Brazilian Neotropical species, four African species, and the Malaysian Borneo C. palustris (Symington) de Wit, the latter originally described in Pseudosindora Symington (LPWG, 2021;Mackinder, 2015).Copaifera belongs to Detarieae, which congregates the resin-producing taxa of Detarioideae (de la Estrella et al., 2018; LPWG, 2017). Within Detarieae, Copaifera (including Pseudosindora) has been placed in a clade together with Baikiaea Benth.,