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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Copaifera L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 557 (1762)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000009218.

Literature

Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 557. 1762 [Sep 1762]

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Synonyms of Copaifera

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Copaiba	Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : [s.p.] (1754)	wfo-4000009217
Copaiva	Jacq.	Enum. Syst. Pl. : 4 (1760)	wfo-4000009219
Cotylelobiopsis	F.Heim	Rech. Dipterocarp. : 125 (1892)	wfo-4000009483
Pseudosindora	Symington	Proc. Linn. Soc. London 155: 285 (1944)	wfo-4000031693

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Copaifera:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Copaifera araguaiensis	R.B.Pinto, L.L.C.Antunes, C.M.Silva-Neto & I.N.M.Ferreira	Phytotaxa 687(1): 102 (2025)		wfo-1000078415
Copaifera gorskia	Schinz	Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg xxx. 1888 (1889) 172 sphalm.		wfo-0001056637
Copaifera guyanensis	Desf.	–		wfo-0000165637
Copaifera hymenaefolia	Moric.	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 529 1833		wfo-0000619653
Copaifera lansdorfii	Desf.	–		wfo-0001350107
Copaifera oblongifolia	Mart.	–		wfo-0000165651
Copaifera reticulata var. reticulata	–	–	—	wfo-0000179960
Copaifera utilissima	Saldanha	Config. descr. orgãos fund. 116 (1865), nomen.		wfo-0000178451
Copaifera vuilletii	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 234 (1920), nomen.		wfo-0001353110