Diversity of Copaifera

Revealing the diversity of Copaifera oil-resin trees for Apuí, a threatened region in southern Amazonas, Brazil

Description

Taxonomic studies that address morphological and ecological aspects of both trees and seedlings, integrating additional tools to facilitate accurate identification, are extremely necessary, as is the case of the Amazonian species of Copaifera. In the last years, an alternative tool that has been used in the taxonomy to discriminate groups of plants is Near-infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), which is a promising technique even in species with a high level of morphological similarity and at different ontogenetic stages. The main goals are 1) to survey Copaifera spp. through field trips to know the genus diversity and provide useful data that will help in the recognition of individuals in the adult and seedling stages; 2) to build a database containing the near-infrared spectral signature of all the species listed for the region, to facilitate the rapid and accurate species identification.

Funding/ Partners

• Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM)

• Associação Agroextrativista Aripuanã-Guariba (ASAGA)

• Viveiro Santa Luzia

• dōTERRA

• Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente (SEMMA) of Apuí municipality

• Instituto de Conservação e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia (IDESAM)

• Centro de Sementes Nativas do Amazonas (CSNAM)

• Amazon Roosevelt

• American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)

• International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)

• IAN, INPA, RB, and VIES herbaria

Coordinator

• Elzineide M. Carmo

Collaborators

• Isolde D. K. Ferraz

• Geângelo P. Calvi

• Caroline C. Vasconcelos