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Magnoliopsida
Cedrela fissilis Vell.
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Persistência foliar: Decídua. Cor da floração: creme. Período de floração: setembro a janeiro. Formato da copa: Corimbiforme. Alinhamento do tronco: Reto, Levemente tortuoso. Superfície do tronco: Fissurada.
- BACKES, P.; IRGANG, B. Mata Atlântica: as árvores e a paisagem. Porto Alegre: Paisagem do Sul, 2004. 396p.
- CARVALHO, P. E. R. Espécies arbóreas brasileiras. 1. ed. Brasília: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica, 2003. v. 1, 1039 p.
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Isosyntype for Cedrela macrocarpa Ducke
Catalog Number: US 1040917
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Ducke
Year Collected: 1916
Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
- Isosyntype: Ducke, A. 1922. Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro. 3: 189.
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Su madera es apreciada sobre todo en Sur América. En nuestro país ha sido utilizada muy localmente probablemente con fines muy parecidos a los del cedro amargo.
Floresta Atlântica
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
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Cedrela fissilis is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its common name is Argentine Cedar. Other common names are: Brazilian cedar, cedro, cedro batata, cedro blanco, cedro colorado, cedro misionero, cedro rosdao, Cedro vermelho, cedrela, cedrela americana, cedro amarello, cedro aromatic, cedro balata, cedro caopiuva, cedro cheiroso, cedro de Amazonas, cedro de Castilla, cedro grenadine, cedro real, rose cedar, cedro vermelho, cigar box cedar, Central American cedar, Spanish cedar. This plant is currently threatened by habitat loss and is listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as "endangered."
Common uses for the wood include housing, veneer, boat building, boxes and crates, flooring, fuel wood, furniture, joinery, musical instruments, paneling, plywood, and others. It is often sold in mixed batches with Cedrela odorata although the wood of C. fissilis is often considered inferior in quality.[1]
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- Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica) 1998. Cedrela fissilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
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Distribucion en Costa Rica: Conocida solo en la zona de Tirimbina de Sarapiquí, aunque se menciona su presencia en la región de Boruca, zona sur, localidad que se debe verificar.
Distribucion General: Se encuentra desde Costa Rica hasta Argentina.
Crece en bosques húmedos de zonas bajas, entre los 50-500 m de elevación.
Syntype for Cedrela huberi Ducke
Catalog Number: US 1040978
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined; Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Ducke
Year Collected: 1918
Locality: Rio Tapajoz, region des cataractes inferieures., Pará, Brazil, South America
- Syntype: Styles, B. T. 1981. Fl. Neotrop. 28: 363.; Ducke, A. 1922. Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro. 3: 189.
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