Couepia insignis Fritsch
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Authority
Prance, Ghillean T. 1989. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 1-267. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Chrysobalanaceae
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Scientific Name
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Discussion
This distinctive species was described from scant material, all from Bahia, Brazil but without precise locality, in Prance (1972). The nineteenth century material is now complemented by two recent collections indicating that this species still survives in the coastal forest.
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Distribution
Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America|