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Kielmeyera coriacea Mart. ex Saddi
O Planalto Central Brasileiro, localizado na Região Centro-Oeste, éum espaço dominado quase que totalmente pela vegetação do tipo Cerrado. Embora presente em outras regiões do Brasil é no Planalto Central que o Cerrado predomina de forma Contínua, ocupando cerca de 1.500.000 km2.
Nele, tem-se a forte impressão que os processos adaptativos ao ambiente deixaram marcas profundas nas plantas. Nesse contexto invulgar e misterioso, as flores destacam-se em todo o seu esplendor.
Esta espécie, pertence a família das Clusiaceae. E uma árvore de até 8m de altura, com látex creme e possui folhas simples e alternas, de formato oboval e elíptico.
As flores do Kielmeyera conaceae possuem pétalas alvas a levemente rosadas e estames amarelos em grande número. Seu fruto é seco, de cor castanho-claro e se abre sozinho para dispersar suas sementes. As sementes são numerosas, amareladas, planas, com duas alas laterais. Possui um período longo de maturação dos frutos (cerca de 12 meses) e libera as sementes na estação seca.
Sua distribuição geográfica abrange os Estados de Goiás e do Piauí até São Paulo, além do Distrito Federal.
CÁSSIA BEATRIZ RODRIGUES MUNHOZ - Bolsista Peaqulsadora do Jardim Botânico de Brasília
KIELMEYERA CORIACEA MART EX SADDI
This species belongs to the Clusiaceae family. It is a tree that may reach up to 8 meters in height, with cream latex, and which has simple and alternate leaves, obovate and eliptical in shape. The flowers of the Kíelmeyera coriacea have white and lightly pinkish petals and numerous yellow stems. Its fruit is dry, light brown and opens on its own to spread its seeds which are numerous, yellow, flat, with two lateral alae. Its fruit maturation period is long (around 12 months) and it seeds in the dry season. It is found in the States of Goiás, Piauí down São Paulo, as well as in Distrito Federal.
CÁSSIA BEATRIZ RODRIGUES MUNHOZ Researcher Exhibitioner Brasília Botanic Garden
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