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Cariniana legalis is a species of emergent rainforest tree in the Monkeypot family Lecythidaceae. It is found in the Atlantic forest of south-eastern Brazil, where is known as jequitibá-branco or jequitibá-rosa, and possibly found in Colombia, and Venezuela. These trees can be very large. A C. legalis measured by botanical explorer David Fairchild was 62 feet (19 meters) in circumference with no buttresses at six feet (two meters) above ground.[2]

Cariniana legalis
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Cariniana
Species:
C. legalis
Binomial name
Cariniana legalis
(Martius) Kuntze

One of the biggest trees in the Atlantic Forest, there are some old trees in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro and near Petrópolis. One of these trees is more than 3 000 years old.

It is threatened by habitat loss.


References


  1. Americas Regional Workshop (1998). Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996. "Cariniana legalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T34747A9887065. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34747A9887065.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. Fairchild, David G. (May 1901). "Coffee Growing in Brazil and the Giant Jequitiba Trees". Botanical Gazette. 31 (5): 353–354.




На других языках


[de] Cariniana legalis

Cariniana legalis ist ein Baum in der Familie der Topffruchtbaumgewächse aus dem östlichen Brasilien.
- [en] Cariniana legalis

[es] Cariniana legalis

Cariniana legalis, es una especie de planta leñosa en la familia Lecythidaceae.



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