Wood anatomy of canela-preta: <I>Ocotea catharinensis</I> Mez. (Lauraceae)

Abstract

The wood anatomy of Ocotea catharinensis (Lauraceae) is ptesented. O.catharinensis is a typical and exclusive tree of Atlantic rain forest, nowadays included in the brazilian list of rare or threatened species. Studies of this nature supply subsidies so much for identification taxonomic, as well as for filogenetics interpretations, aiding in the resolution oftaxonomics problems in complex botanical groups, in order to improve an appropriate filogenetic system. O. catharinensis presents a11 the anatomical features described in Lauraceae, evidencing however, some distinctive characters that can be useful in the generic/specific delimitation.