Ocotea elegans Mez.

Flor, Ismael Cividini, Flor, Jandira Chachá Ribeiro & Furtado, Paulo Sérgio do Nascimento, 2018, Insect galls of the Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-12 : 6

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.24

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scientific name

Ocotea elegans Mez.
status

 

Ocotea elegans Mez. View in CoL (endemic species)

Stem gall, fusiform, brown, glabrous and multi-chambered ( Fig.3A View Figure 3 ).This is the first record of gall on O.elegans .

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Figure 3. Insect galls of the Area of Relevant Ecological Interest Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil). (A) Lauraceae: Ocotea elegans, stem gall. (B-D) Malvaceae:Guazuma ulmifolia, (B) stem gall,(C) leaf gall,(D)Guazuma sp.,leaf gall.(E)Ochnaceae:Ourateastipulata, leafgall.(F) Piperaceae:Piper amalago, leaf gall. (G) Proteaceae: Roupala montana var. brasiliensis, leaf/stem gall. (H) Rubiaceae: Psychotria nuda, leaf gall. (I) Sabiaceae: Meliosma sellowii, stem gall. (J-N) Sapindaceae:Allophylus edulis (J)stem gall,(K) leaf gall,(L) stem gall,(M) stem gall,(N) stem gall.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Laurales

Family

Lauraceae

Genus

Ocotea