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Illustration from Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius's Nova genera et species plantarum
Qualea parviflora | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Vochysiaceae |
Genus: | Qualea |
Species: | Q. parviflora
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Binomial name | |
Qualea parviflora |
Qualea parviflora, known as pau-terra in Portuguese, is a deciduous tree indigenous to Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. [2] The tree favors dry climates like the tropical savanna of the cerrado. [3] [4] [5]
Qualea parviflora grows up to 8 m (26 ft) tall. It flowers between September and December. Each flower has one light purple petal, a single stamen, a spurred calyx, and a three-parted ovary. Pau-terra can be distinguished from a close relative Qualea multiflora by its smaller flowers. [6]
The flowers are pollinated by bees. [6] The seeds are eaten by buprestid beetles and small Hymenoptera species. [6] Caterpillars of the dalcerid moth Dalcera abrasa feed on Quaela parviflora. [7]
Qualea parviflora | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Vochysiaceae |
Genus: | Qualea |
Species: | Q. parviflora
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Binomial name | |
Qualea parviflora |
Qualea parviflora, known as pau-terra in Portuguese, is a deciduous tree indigenous to Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. [2] The tree favors dry climates like the tropical savanna of the cerrado. [3] [4] [5]
Qualea parviflora grows up to 8 m (26 ft) tall. It flowers between September and December. Each flower has one light purple petal, a single stamen, a spurred calyx, and a three-parted ovary. Pau-terra can be distinguished from a close relative Qualea multiflora by its smaller flowers. [6]
The flowers are pollinated by bees. [6] The seeds are eaten by buprestid beetles and small Hymenoptera species. [6] Caterpillars of the dalcerid moth Dalcera abrasa feed on Quaela parviflora. [7]