Taxon: Aspidosperma polyneuron Müll. Arg.

Common names:

• peroba   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• peroba-comum   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• peroba-miúda   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• peroba-mirim   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• peroba-paulista   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• peroba-rosa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: potential as wood   (fide Esp Veg Prom)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Colombia; Peru - Cajamarca
  Southern South America: Argentina - Misiones; Paraguay [n.]

References:

• Bernardi, L. 1984. Contribución a la dendrología paraguaya. I. Boissiera 35:10.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1989–1998. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. (Esp Veg Prom)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aspidosperma polyneuron.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aspidosperma polyneuron. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Aspidosperma peroba Allemão ex Saldanha
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other databases for Aspidosperma polyneuron Müll. Arg.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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